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Litigation as a Core BusinessLitigation as a Core BusinessPosted Jul 15, 2003 22:36 UTC (Tue) by AnswerGuy (subscriber, #1256)Parent article: Kapor's Thoughts on Desktop Linux (O'ReillyNet)
Gee! Who could he be talking about? :) Unfortunately it looks like this will be the big business of the future as every concept, business method, DNA sequence, programming algorithm, and arithmetic technique is patented, every humanly pronounceable utterance is trademarked, and very commercial activity is regulated; licenses doled out by the large multinational corporations that can pay for their pet legislators. It's hard not to be cynical when we read of companies being sued for "theft" by enabling TV viewers to automatically zap commercials. Totalitarianism: That which is not prohibited is mandatatory. Non-conformism is social terrorism; dissent is intolerable.
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Litigation as a Core Business Posted Jul 16, 2003 14:50 UTC (Wed) by wweber (guest, #11678) [Link] Unfortunately it looks like this will be the big business of the future as every concept, business method, DNA sequence, programming algorithm, and arithmetic technique is patented, every humanly pronounceable utterance is trademarked, and very commercial activity is regulated; licenses doled out by the large multinational corporations that can pay for their pet legislators.There are some grassroots movements to wake up people to the need to take back power from the corporations, by stripping them of their personhood, including their ACLU protection. Maybe we can all stop this sort of thing before your prediction comes true.
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