[The decision] essentially shuts down any competitor's add-on innovation that customers could enjoy with their legitimately purchased products, ... This decision will slow investment and development in that field. |
[The DRM software] hides with generic file names, and then monitors your activity - in terms of what you type on your keyboard, what e-mails you send, websites you look at, websites you run and what windows you have open on your screen, |
[The DRM software] hides with generic file names, and then monitors your activity - in terms of what you type on your keyboard, what e-mails you send, websites you look at, websites you run and what windows you have open on your screen. |
A lot of patents back in the late 1990s and early 2000s were made when the patent office was still trying to figure out what to do. |
Entertainment companies often complain that fans refuse to respect their intellectual property rights. Yet tools like this refuse to respect our own personal property rights, ... Sony's tactics here are hypocritical, in addition to being a security threat. |
Entertainment companies often complain that fans refuse to respect their intellectual property rights. Yet tools like this refuse to respect our own personal property rights. Sony's tactics here are hypocritical, in addition to being a security threat. |
I don't think the studios know what they want. It changes every day. On the one hand, there's legal infringement but, on the other hand, they're promoting the movie so you don't really want to be a bad guy and send out a cease and desist [notice]. |
I figured I had to make mine. I hit some good putts on the previous three or four holes and he got a good look at the line. My caddie made a great read on it and I just tried to hit it down the line. I think Daley would have made his if I missed mine. |
I have no first hand experience with these lawyers, but according to Ray's papers, the RIAA has hired two sets of lawyers, one to be good cop and one to be bad, |
I heard this place was severe and it's very severe. I hit a lot of good shots but it seemed like my good shots ended up worse than my bad shots. |
It feels like the ground's rolling, ... The longest one we had last night lasted about 30 or 40 seconds. |
Let's say you get a patent on something like a pop-up window. Of course, you could, in theory, go after everyone on the Internet, but you don't. What you end up doing is picking off the weak members of the herd, companies that don't have the money to defend themselves or independent Web sites, or occasionally big companies that you think will not have very much backbone and will quickly settle. |
Our nation's education system already faces severe budget constraints and a shortage of resources. We shouldn't be diverting resources away from teaching to pay off bogus patent threats. |
People paid Sony for music, not an invasion of their computers. Sony must right the wrong it has committed. Recalling the CD's is a beginning step in the process, but there is a whole lot more mess to clean up. |
Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy where the labor markets are just so vastly different. |