Re: The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » “Second Window” Will Lead to More Uncertainty

l0b0t — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:14:50 -0000

Not being a lawyer, I'm having trouble understanding why "...significant economic harm resulting from assertion of the patent." would be considered cause for action. I was under the impression that the only way to bust a patent was to show that the patented item was already extant and in use by others prior to the date of the patent, is that not the case? The whale-oil concerns and the wagon works certainly suffered "significant economic harm" from the internal combustion engine but that should not be a justifiable reason to go after the engine's patent. What about the manufacturer's of pay-telephones versus the mobiles, or Amalgamated Computer Punchcards ltd. vs. Intel/AMD et al. Pity the stoop-laborers, made redundant by the combine harvester. Reductio ad absurdium to be sure but is anything gained by having an overly complicated patent system? You invent something new, you get exclusive rights of use for a limited (VERY limited) period of time, then your invention passes into the public domain. Why is it more complicated than that?

Re: Sen. Rockefeller Gives Up on Parenting at Senate Violence Hearing

l0b0t — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:05:10 -0000

I hate to say "I told ya so." but that's what you get when you elect most Democrats (I must carve out an exception for Rep. Barney Frank, I disagree with many of his ideals but he is an honest, forthright advocate for parental responsibility.) I DO NOT want to argue or start a flame war here, I know Republicans, lately, are no better. At least the Republican ideal (as represented by Goldwater) is based in an understanding of our constitution; government as a free association of equals. The big-govt. Democrats seek to replace that paradigm with their own; government as family/ all-knowing father. The issue here, as always, is power. The govt. doesn't care so much about the content of the programming they just want the authority to regulate it. The FCC is positivly giddy thinking about control over CATV and VOIP. The nation's coffers would be much better served by a national sales-tax or VAT but we will never be rid of our "progressive" tax on income for no other reason than the power it gives the govt. to snoop into your private life and see where your money is coming from. <ul>Here is Sen. Rockefeller's contact info. Let his staff know what a fatuous ass he sounded like at the hearing.

<li>Web Site: rockefeller.senate.gov</li>
<li>E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov</li></ul>
<ul>Washington Office:
531 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-4802
<li>Phone: (202) 224-6472</li>
<li>Fax: (202) 224-7665</li></ul>
<ul>Main District Office:
405 Capitol St., #508
Charleston, WV 25301
<li>Phone: (304) 347-5372</li>
<li>Fax: (304) 347-5371</li></ul>

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