Comments on: VideoLAN under serious threat http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15635 Reader's Write Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:58:29 +0000 #comment-15635 Unfortunately, it is comments like these that give the patent system a bad name. In actuality, the patent system is in harmony with the open source movement. Instead of trying to change the system, the open source community needs to document when new innovations are created, and then ensure that this documentation reaches the Patent Office, so that patents won't be issued on known technology. Otherwise, it's just a design issue, and members of the open source community can probably design around anything that big corporations put up in their patents. For a group of free thinkers, I can't understand why folks don't take the intellectual high ground and support the patent system. It is classless, it protects the little guy as well as the big guy. A patent attorney. Unfortunately, it is comments like these that give the patent system a bad name.

In actuality, the patent system is in harmony with the open source movement. Instead of trying to change the system, the open source community needs to document when new innovations are created, and then ensure that this documentation reaches the Patent Office, so that patents won’t be issued on known technology. Otherwise, it’s just a design issue, and members of the open source community can probably design around anything that big corporations put up in their patents.

For a group of free thinkers, I can’t understand why folks don’t take the intellectual high ground and support the patent system. It is classless, it protects the little guy as well as the big guy.

A patent attorney.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15577 Reader's Write Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:45:44 +0000 #comment-15577 There is patent reform underway in the USA. More people need to support reform, and to tell governments that if patent offices can not set up processes to ensure high (90%+) patent quality in each subject matter category then there should be no patent monopolies in that subject matter. I sent the following to the Canadian Industry minister and Industry critics. RIM case is example of the poor quality of software patents. http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/view/947 In the patent case between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and NTP the quality now stands at 87% poor quality as the patent office has now rejected 100 percent of the claims of the first seven of eight NTP patents it is reexamining. (See also: Why Research In Motion won't blink) It has many times been estimated that between 60% and 95% of information/mental process patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark office are of poor quality. A poor quality patent is one that would not stand up against adequate useful, novel and unobvious tests in court. Software and business model innovators believe that where the patent office can not ensure the vast majority of patents in a given subject matter are of high quality that patent monopolies should not be granted at all. While the quite successful and rich RIM can defend themselves against the illegitimate patents that represent the vast majority in software and business models, the vast majority of innovators do not have the legal resources to do this. It is incumbent on the Canadian government to fix this problem by updating the patent act to either rid us of poor quality software and business model patents, or enact statutory exemptions of this subject matter from patentability. There is patent reform underway in the USA. More people need to support reform, and to tell governments that if patent offices can not set up processes to ensure high (90%+) patent quality in each subject matter category then there should be no patent monopolies in that subject matter.

I sent the following to the Canadian Industry minister and Industry critics.

RIM case is example of the poor quality of software patents.
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/view/947

In the patent case between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and NTP the quality now stands at 87% poor quality as the patent office has now rejected 100 percent of the claims of the first seven of eight NTP patents it is reexamining. (See also: Why Research In Motion won’t blink)

It has many times been estimated that between 60% and 95% of information/mental process patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark office are of poor quality. A poor quality patent is one that would not stand up against adequate useful, novel and unobvious tests in court. Software and business model innovators believe that where the patent office can not ensure the vast majority of patents in a given subject matter are of high quality that patent monopolies should not be granted at all.

While the quite successful and rich RIM can defend themselves against the illegitimate patents that represent the vast majority in software and business models, the vast majority of innovators do not have the legal resources to do this. It is incumbent on the Canadian government to fix this problem by updating the patent act to either rid us of poor quality software and business model patents, or enact statutory exemptions of this subject matter from patentability.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15511 Reader's Write Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:04:49 +0000 #comment-15511 The reason that there still are a lot of software arround is that Europe as been more reluctant to enforce software patents that are claimed booth in the EU and the USA. Other projects, such as samba and even linux filesystems are also threatened. As an american, you should make the US patent reform real (not just a big corp thing, but for real inventors), and get support from compaines to lobby in the EU. Right now MS lobbyists posing as SME-representativs swarm the parlament in Brussels. Its not pretty. The reason that there still are a lot of software arround is that Europe as been more reluctant to enforce software patents that are claimed booth in the EU and the USA.

Other projects, such as samba and even linux filesystems are also threatened.

As an american, you should make the US patent reform real (not just a big corp thing, but for real inventors), and get support from compaines to lobby in the EU.

Right now MS lobbyists posing as SME-representativs swarm the parlament in Brussels. Its not pretty.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15489 Reader's Write Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:38:18 +0000 #comment-15489 what can people in the U.S.A. do to help keep this program alive? The article suggested users in the E.U. to take certain actions but what could a U.S. resident and/or citizen do to help keep this program up and running! what can people in the U.S.A. do to help keep this program alive? The article suggested users in the E.U. to take certain actions but what could a U.S. resident and/or citizen do to help keep this program up and running!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15488 Reader's Write Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:51:58 +0000 #comment-15488 *sigh* all good things will come to a crashing end, when patents, copywrites, and big corporations force themselves on everyone else... even when no one is making money... Things I do to fight, peacefully... Switch to Linux, never buy music that supports the RIAA, same for movies (with some excetions)... Download as many of these kinds of programs that I can, so that if anyone needs them in the future, I can still help... *sigh* all good things will come to a crashing end, when patents, copywrites, and big corporations force themselves on everyone else… even when no one is making money…

Things I do to fight, peacefully… Switch to Linux, never buy music that supports the RIAA, same for movies (with some excetions)… Download as many of these kinds of programs that I can, so that if anyone needs them in the future, I can still help…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5292/comment-page-1#comment-15487 Reader's Write Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:35:05 +0000 #comment-15487 What can U.S. citizens (and/or residents) do who support VLC Media Player to help support the cause for saving this program? What can U.S. citizens (and/or residents) do who support VLC Media Player to help support the cause for saving this program?

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