Comments on: Microsoft scores patent World’s First http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11415 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11415/comment-page-1#comment-134111 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:04:53 +0000 #comment-134111 "for improperly using Alcatel-Lucent audio technologies in the Windows Media Player" "Improperly using"? Is that not putting it too mildly? If X Computeres illegally installs unlicensed copies of Windows into the computers it makes and Microsoft finds out X Computers would be labeled a pirates, not an "improper user", and the owner would be arrested at Miscrosoft's request. Now, when will the police raid Microsoft for selling pirated software? Or RIAA members for selling pirated records (records that contain unlicensed songs, and these aare all over the place? The question is, why is the tratment different for big corporations, labeled "improper users" than it is for the small alleged violators, such as the kid with a camera at a theater who are labeled "criminals"? Why is a peddler of asian copies of DVD in a Los angeles stree arrested if cought selling "improperly mase" DVD but a seller of Windows is not arreted for selling "improperly made" software? Put differently, what is the diffrerence between an "improper user" and a "criminal"? Is the answer how much money they have in the bank and how many lawyers they can hire? Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com “for improperly using Alcatel-Lucent audio technologies in the Windows Media Player”

“Improperly using”? Is that not putting it too mildly? If X Computeres illegally installs unlicensed copies of Windows into the computers it makes and Microsoft finds out X Computers would be labeled a pirates, not an “improper user”, and the owner would be arrested at Miscrosoft’s request.

Now, when will the police raid Microsoft for selling pirated software? Or RIAA members for selling pirated records (records that contain unlicensed songs, and these aare all over the place?

The question is, why is the tratment different for big corporations, labeled “improper users” than it is for the small alleged violators, such as the kid with a camera at a theater who are labeled “criminals”?

Why is a peddler of asian copies of DVD in a Los angeles stree arrested if cought selling “improperly mase” DVD but a seller of Windows is not arreted for selling “improperly made” software?

Put differently, what is the diffrerence between an “improper user” and a “criminal”? Is the answer how much money they have in the bank and how many lawyers they can hire?

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11415/comment-page-1#comment-134093 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:15:55 +0000 #comment-134093 They do not, but I think this case was tried in a U.S. court. The U.S. courts and government are widely notorious for making U.S. citizens' and companies interests secondary to those of foreign interests. It only surprises me that with the money that Microsoft had, it could not buy out of the verdict. As much as I dislike Microsoft, I would say they got the shaft on this one. They do not, but I think this case was tried in a U.S. court. The U.S. courts and government are widely notorious for making U.S. citizens’ and companies interests secondary to those of foreign interests. It only surprises me that with the money that Microsoft had, it could not buy out of the verdict.

As much as I dislike Microsoft, I would say they got the shaft on this one.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11415/comment-page-1#comment-134092 Reader's Write Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:27:33 +0000 #comment-134092 That's odd. I thought that the EU didn't recognize software patents. That’s odd. I thought that the EU didn’t recognize software patents.

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