Posts by Mark Harris
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Moar kittehs! Plz?
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:-p
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Damn, Don got in before me.
ScottY, he's right, you can't have it both ways with copyright and patent covering software and NOT claim it is a "special case". There is quite a lot of research into the economic disincentive caused by software patents. Google is your friend.
But I find little or no evidence that shows that patents bring any benefit to the software industry, beyond assertions by patent attorneys and companies with lots of patents (such as at the Select Committee).
As the Bilski case shows, even SCOTUS is starting to look a little askance at some of the industry claims.
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With Biden, who is so far up the copyright industries' fundamental orifices, it's a wonder his feet still touch the ground.
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@recordari
Under US law, any drugs that are not registered with the FDA can be regarded as counterfeit and seized at the border. So you can legally buy a cheaper, generic drug in Canada and have it confiscated as counterfeit as you cross the US border.As for this Government's approach, John Key has indicated this:
"Prime Minister John Key has already confirmed that NZ “must be prepared to make concessions”, saying that the US will have its own “shopping list... You can’t rule out Pharmac – it’s been on the list before. You can’t rule out issues of intellectual property and investment. All of those things will inevitably be part of the negotiations” (Press, 17/11/09; “Concessions needed for US deal, Key”).
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8033/is_20091117/ai_n43591222/
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Sorry man, no can do. I don't do that shit any more.
'Stimulus', 'party' or 'big'?
Enquiring minds and all...
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Wow. At least it's not life-threatening. But it's a bugger that it's not giving you telepathy or telekinesis or shit. You should have got bitten by the spider.
Be well ;-)
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Point. ;-)
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Stephen, I'd just like to say you look remarkably like a young Chris Knox in that pic. That is all.
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My prediction is that either DRM on the Kindle will be dead before Xmas, or the Kindle will be.