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recursive patents

July 29, 2005

A little off topic for this site, but thought I'd share an interesting expose from Jason Kottke on Google's attempt to patent something it *may* have already patented.

Just as Fair Use is an inadequate mechanism for protecting innovator and consumer rights, so too is the US patent system.

I filed a provisional patent once, which was a neat experience, but elected to not pursue the full application as my research gave me a first-hand look at some of the patent abuses out there. I decided I didn't want to be a party to it. Bottom-line is that I didn't feel that my innovation was truly that innovative, and laying claim to it (assuming I could) felt wrong.

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what the?

July 27, 2005

Boing Boing: RIAA shuts down machinima site

There's nothing more to say, really, other than I realize that this isn't a life or death issue (yet), but somebody has to stand up against this sort of aggression. Peoples' civil liberties are being snuffed.

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