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- vacuum2440, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Now that is a really innovative and cool idea! I wonder if they patented it? : P
- realyst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Don't be silly. They'll implement it and be sued by some small litigation firm in Florida or Texas 6 years after it's been implemented because it infringes on Mr. Smith's software patent of "I click stuffs and ***** happens."
- fordicus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20There's a lot of work to be done to make sure the system isn't exploited but in general it's a good idea. However, I think that those who submit documents should have to take some form of "patent system knowledge" test, to make sure that they understand the standards of anticipation and obviousness needed to implement a prior art rejection.
- Mootabolife, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Standards of obviousness. Half the people I know need to take that test.
- jimmiss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Agreed, its just an analogy. But wow, this is a truly good idea. My prediction is that it will go through a rough "On CNN" phase where it will be abused and spammed etc, but this will just serve to iron out the bugs as the orignators keep trying to remind themselves that it will be worth the headache.
In this way, patents on particular sections of the human genome, and virus' (and by extension any cure for them) can't be patented. Unless the populus decides so.
I also predict that 'viral lobyists' will make there way into the comment system, arguing for the company that has them hired.
I hope I'm not ranting. - rwallen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9www.google.com/patents is fun to play with.
- meshman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Odd how the article doesn't mention Web 2.0 at all. Either the WP knows what it's talking about or it hasn't jumped on the imaginary bandwagon yet.
- MinisterOrange, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Now if we could only set up this idea to work in place of having a human president.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3is spam patented?
- Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3And provides hassle-free searching. The old search function was a piece of *******.
In fact, required ****ing Quicktime for every damn scanned page is utterly retarded.
Oh...did I mention that half of each tiff image would load before the website says "I am le tired" and cuts transmission? - energyguy78, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2All the patents are going to go into a series of tubes .... these tubes are called the internet ... the tubes then can become clogged with trucks and other things ... this is the best solution I can come up with.
- stormlrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well its taken them some time to work this out but good on them for doing so..
I wonder how long it will be before the RIAA and MPAA wake up and smell the internet for the distribution mechanism it is in this digital age. *sniff*.. common RIAA.. you know you want too.. don't let itunes be the next universal studios etc! - interiot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2QT's tiff viewer *is* a POS. AlternaTIFF on the other hand, is the very model of what a high-resolution image viewer should be. Download it and be happy.
The only problems I've had with it is that whenever you upgrade Quicktime, it wants to take over control from AlternaTIFF. I don't know what the best solution to that is, but the way I fix it is to go to the Mozilla Firefox/plugins/ folder and "del *qt* *quicktime*" to kill the QT plugin. - Kazrog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2OMFG A Monkey Shaped Camera Bag!!! The innovation kills me!!!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=NZcSAAAAEBAJ - meshman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"the new patent system could be compared to Web 2.0"
It could but the new patent system is real. Web 2.0 is not. - lowerlogic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In other news, "WikiLaw is a new open, online wiki that will keep the US legal system up to speed with the changing technologies in this information age. IP addresses from the MPAA and RIAA have already been blacklisted for multiple attempts to edit copywrite laws. Make your contribution to the constitution today!"
- juliocgrajales, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's a good idea. plain and simple forget all the arguments lets just do it, things change, is what makes sense so just wanted to show my support in a minuscule way
- locojones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It doesn't matter, under the patent law, the United States can willfully infringe on any patent that's granted without payment to the patent owner. It's an unspoken part of the quid pro quo for patent protection.
- MinisterOrange, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Still, it's definitely a good starting point.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You would still have lobbyist
except they would pay people to vote up what the company wants
or comment to the company's wants
essentially a payed digg system
that would make a flawed vote system
and not to mention
that would be one crapload of a costly bandwidth - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1or you have civilians vote on patent disputes
but then the bigger company can just pay people to vote them to be a winner - UrbanVoyeur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This could go a long way to sorting the many worthless patents - if they heed the crowd's wisdom. Now if we could only do away with software patents....
- DiggDuggDone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why not just implement a system where users have to register at DMV offices in person and their postings also contain a photo. (Yes, those unattractive DMV photos!)
Fraud should be minimized...
OK Diggers, you can stop laughing now. : ) - BullTaco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0>In this way, patents on particular sections of the human genome, and virus' (and by extension any cure for them) can't be patented. Unless the populus decides so.
Its not a popularity contest (see first post above concerning standards of obviousness and anticipation). - beers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1didn't someone already patent Web 2.0?
- KoKoFuFU, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That's because the WP people are too old fashioned to see that the new patent system could be compared to Web 2.0
- ratpack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1In my mind this is fantastic news. I've seen a lot of stories on the Digg homepage complaining about crazy patents that have been accepted. I hope the general unease of recent patents has helped to make this decision, and accept that the Patent Office is a service for the general public.
- realyst, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2The lobbyists would be the new:
"OMG, LOLZ< VISIT THIS SITE!!
http://somesite.com
http://somesite.com
http://somesite.com
http://somesite.com"
People. Hell, Lockhead Martin may try to fit subliminal messages into troll comments so that you get the urge to shoot to kill;) - irvin666, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0did you know that someone patent something called "a tube for collecting farts"?
..got it from you don't know jack lol
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