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3 years ago

in Beards on Will Wilkinson
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3 years ago

in Mon Dieu! Don’t MiniTel Apple on The Technology Liberation Front
Further note: I think software patents are idiotic, and if France wants to revoke all of them at once, they have my blessing.

3 years ago

in Mon Dieu! Don’t MiniTel Apple on The Technology Liberation Front
While I initially disagreed with Sonia's post, the more I think about it, the more I think that it was absolutely right.

Fairplay is Apple's patented technology for encoding and decoding content in a protected manner. Rather than allow the circumvention of this encoding, as Doug pointed out, the French law requires Apple to license this technology to rivals, and presumably sets mandatory terms (if not, the licensing requirement is meaningless).

Nobody would like to see the end of DRM more than me, but forcing Apple to license their patents to competitors will not accomplish anything good, and is a clear violation of Apple's patent rights.

3 years ago

in Health Care Fantasia on Will Wilkinson
While we're at it, can we abolish the state bar associations, and fix the legal profession?
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