A new instrument found unusual success
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A new instrument found unusual success
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#2>A metre-long cross between a piano and electric guitar, the harpejji
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#3Absolutely awful they are patent trolling so hard with this
Feels exactly like E-Ink
Let us have cheap copies for the masses!
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#4Absolutely awful they are patent trolling so hard with this Feels exactly like E-Ink Let us have cheap copies for the masses!
> patent trolling
They’re just not licensing the patent to other manufacturers. Patent trolling is an entirely different thing.
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#5Absolutely awful they are patent trolling so hard with this Feels exactly like E-Ink Let us have cheap copies for the masses!
> patent trolling They’re just not licensing the patent to other manufacturers. Patent trolling is an entirely different thing.
It’s a form of patent trolling. The point of patents is that inventors should be compensated fairly for their inventions. Not that they should be able to prevent the production of those inventions like little dictators - that does not advance society.
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#6Soo... Electric version of concert kokle? And that got patented?
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#7>A metre-long cross between a piano and electric guitar, the harpejji
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#8I came up with something similar, in the opposite direction: https://github.com/Miserlou/LaunchBoard
It's an Ableton device to map the keys of a Novation LaunchPad as if it were an 8 string, 8 fret guitar. I play the guitar but not the piano, but play a lot of synths. This bridges the gap for me, and it's so, so, so much fun.
I'm thinking about doing a dedicated hardware version with proper midi out, touch sensitivity and integrated capo/octave knobs. Maybe worth dusting that idea off if this guy was so successful..
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#9Soo... Electric version of concert kokle? And that got patented?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> patent trolling They’re just not licensing the patent to other manufacturers. Patent trolling is an entirely different thing.
It’s a form of patent trolling. The point of patents is that inventors should be compensated fairly for their inventions. Not that they should be able to prevent the production of those inventions like little dictators - that does not advance society.
The point of patents is that you get an exclusive monopoly for the invention for a limited time, but to get that monopoly you have to publish (as a patent) the design and it's a free for all _after_ the monopoly time has passed.
You are free to license the invention to others, but there's no requirement - it's not a part of the patent system.