Gene, and the case generally

Posted Jun 29, 2014 20:35 UTC (Sun) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Gene, and the case generally by Wol
Parent article: US Supreme Court rules against software patents

Sounds like the smart thing to do: rule on the cases before them and don't try to make decisions about issues for which no evidence has been provided.

Changing laws by court case is the long, slow method. The only way to get anywhere faster is to involve the (infamously dysfunctional US) legislature.

In the mean time, are there any running cases involving compression algorithms? Because they would get to the heart of the issue.

Gene, and the case generally

Posted Jun 30, 2014 2:06 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

> Changing laws by court case is the long, slow method. The only way to get anywhere faster is to involve the (infamously dysfunctional US) legislature.

You might get the Congresscritters to *do* something, but it might have so many riders and loopholes so as to be ineffective. It could also turn on you and explicitly make the bad stuff legal (or the good stuff illegal) depending on lobbying. The courts may be slow, but I think I'd trust them more to get a better overall, long-term result.