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Any law
Authored by: cjk fossman on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 03:27 PM EDT
*Any law* that only works if largely unenforced is not
practical.

*Any such law* leads to selective enforcement.

Ref CFAA, Aaron Swartz.

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Hope for curtailing the software patent wars?
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 04:28 PM EDT
Breyer was an important contributor to the Bilsky opinion by Stevens that
already
questioned the patentability of software and business methods.

Stevens won four votes for that section (three still on the court).

Breyer is the strongest voice on the court for IP moderation, against the tide
of
radical IP maximalism rolling in from the CAFC, the federal bureaucracy, and
ideologues who have confused IP with private property rights.

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Breyer understands copyright and patent law.
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 09:38 PM EDT
He was one of the few on the correct side of the copyright extension cases, and
he is a solid opponent of software patents.

Breyer is an *excellent* judge, and on other issues, too. In fact, we'd
probably have a better Supreme Court if the other 8 were removed and he just
made the rulings by himself.

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