How is banning a product that might possibly be in violation of an absurd law be in anyones best interest other than Apple's? Patent laws were intended to benefit consumers, not predatory capitalists.
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#112How is banning a product that might possibly be in violation of an absurd law be in anyones best interest other than Apple's? Patent laws were intended to benefit consumers, not predatory capitalists.
Patents can't be justified on the basis of consumer benefit. While it's true that some consumers benefit from patents, they're not the sole (or even primary) beneficiary: the patent holders are.
Patents are justified because an individual has the right to the product of his mind [and his body (labor); in reality, there is no difference, but I'm emphasizing the mind here because the context is IP]. This is because survival as a human being (whether alone or in a group) requires thought in order to make the things needed to sustain a flourishing life. This is damned hard work!
Copying the product of someone else's thought (not the same as emulating another person's method of thought, and applying it to a new situation) deprives the originator of what is rightfully theirs: the untrammeled market for their innovation, which would not exist were it not for their thoughts and action.
(And no, not every idea is patentable, and not every patent applied for should be granted. No, patents can't last forever. But those are comparatively minor details that are incomprehensible if the fundamental idea stated above is not understood.)
Re: Galaxy Nexus ban remains, Apple posts $95.6M bond, Google stops selling
#113The Galaxy SIII is still available and basically the same phone. Seems like there are just too many Android devices for Apple to block them all, they're just picking on the Galaxy Nexus to take a pot-shot at Google directly.
The Galaxy SIII is still available and basically the same phone The Galaxy S III is an entirely different device sharing virtually nothing with the Galaxy Nexus.
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- Same Manufacturer
- Same Size
- Same Weight
- Same Resolution
- Same screen technology
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#114The Galaxy SIII is still available and basically the same phone. Seems like there are just too many Android devices for Apple to block them all, they're just picking on the Galaxy Nexus to take a pot-shot at Google directly.
The Galaxy SIII is still available and basically the same phone The Galaxy S III is an entirely different device sharing virtually nothing with the Galaxy Nexus.
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Despicable. That's really the only polite word I have for both Apple's actions What word do you have for things that are actually despicable ? Like actually hurting or killing people? Or doing things that don't just involve selling telephones?
Wow. What is wrong with everyone here? Let's look at what despicable means. (from Dictionary.com) Despicable : deserving to be despised Hooker Chemical poured tons of hazardous waste into the ground - waste that they knew would cause health problems - and then sold the site to the City of Niagara Falls to be developed into subdivisions. That's pretty despicable . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal In China, in 2…
Building tools is what makes us human. If I believed in sacraments, that would be one. And we're seeing the early stages of a proxy war, crippled appliance culture against toolmakers, which could push civilization off course. It's hard to see atrocities confined to 0.001% of our species in the same light.