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Re: Why Rackspace Is Suing The Most Notorious Patent Troll In America

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Post by geon » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 7:18 AM UTC

trhtrsh wrote: post #70

robomartin wrote: post #63

I've said this here before more than once. The solution is for tech companies to fund a massive entity who's only purpose in life is to mercilessly sue patent trolls. Destroy them. Go after their patents. Invalidate them. Make it so costly to even attempt to enforce a bullshit patent that they will only dare take that step if they have a really good solid patent. If the top 100 companies in tech donated just ten mill…

You are overlooking the fact that patent trolls do have real patents. From the blog post, for example: """ Until Congress reforms the patent laws, companies of all sizes and industries could – and likely will – find themselves in the crosshairs of a greedy patent troll looking for a quick cash-grab. No company is immune, and, sadly, small companies can’t afford to fight. If they don’t succumb to the troll’s demands b…

> Patent trolls are on the right side of the law

What side of the law you are on is largely influenced by money. Even when you very clearly are on the right side, fighting the patent war is extremely expensive.

Re: Why Rackspace Is Suing The Most Notorious Patent Troll In America

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Post by Flimm » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

robomartin wrote: post #96

gmac wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it is almost surreal to think that the most fundamental act of man, to feed yourself in order to remain alive, requires a license fee paid to government Slightly OT but in this case, given that unrestricted fishing might well cause the fish to go extinct in short order, so nobody can benefit from them to feed their families (see: tragedy of the commons), some form of government regulation might be a pretty good i…

I think this is where we might differ. I believe that people are fundamentally good. Yes, there's an ass in every crowd, but I really believe most people are good and would voluntarily follow reasonable rules. That said, I don't have a problem with having carefully chosen and crafted laws that punish bad behavior. In other words, I should be able to go fishing without having to pay the government for a permit. I'll g…

Even if people are fundamentally good, someone still has to gather the data necessary to decide what a reasonable limit is, and someone has to advertise that limit. The next step is to turn the limit into a law so that it has an effect even on careless people.

Re: Why Rackspace Is Suing The Most Notorious Patent Troll In America

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Post by robomartin » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 7:56 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #97

robomartin wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is where we might differ. I believe that people are fundamentally good. Yes, there's an ass in every crowd, but I really believe most people are good and would voluntarily follow reasonable rules. That said, I don't have a problem with having carefully chosen and crafted laws that punish bad behavior. In other words, I should be able to go fishing without having to pay the government for a permit. I'll g…

But if ten thousand fundamentally good people go fishing in a river with nine thousand fish, that fish still goes extinct. And that doesn't account for the one ass who decides to overfish.

And a cow is a uniform sphere full of milk.

There's a difference between real life and academic experiments.