After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>> http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/05/cafc_applies_ks.html
>
> Patents, like DRM, are becoming weaker and weaker every day.
Not rapidly enough.
> Companies that
> depend of these for survival are diminishing, so their power to influence
> politics is decreasing as well.
I sure hope so. I'm not optimistic.
> Disruptive technology (e.g. YouTube for open
> publishing for all, blogging to replace newspapers, amateurs to replace
> 'professional' photographers, Free software to eliminate lockins) are here
> to stay and grow further.
The internet is the air supply, and people pay for this air supply.
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