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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 10:08 AM EDT |
I'm sorry I never really completed my thesis above. In
the last paragraph I
suddenly changed tack without giving
you context because I just ran out of
steam. But you get the
idea all the same I'm sure.
So continuing in the
same vain, talking about the
contribution patents make to society, I wish to
recall how
software patents have advanced the art. As you all know,
there were
no software patents initially, and software
struggled to even get off the
ground until finally the first
patents were granted and it really took off.
Before then,
computer scientists created a few "Hello world" programs,
but
nobody took software seriously. Who in their right mind
back then, before you
could get patent protection, would
invest the time, energy and expense in
developing software
when somebody could come by and just take all your ideas
and
beat you to market? For twenty years there was no innovation
at all.
Software was just an academic curiosity - a big
joke, because nobody could make
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 11:26 AM EDT |
Nice. But I rather think the example of the fashion
industry
works against
you. Because there is no protection of ideas
you just have to churn out any
old rubbish as fast as you
can. When was the last time you saw something
genuinely
attractive on a catwalk? Sustained investment is painfully
absent. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Wol on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 01:18 PM EDT |
Edison tried to patent the light bulb.
AFTER he'd seen Joseph Swann's light bulb factory.
James Watt aggressively blocked any attempt by others to improve his steam
engine.
What were those reports here about someone flying in 1902? And as I like to
point out, the first successful aircraft was built here in Oxfordshire :-)
I'm sure others can add to the list ... Lemuelsen is an obvious one ...
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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