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- From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
- To: iriXx <iriXx@iriXx.org>
- Cc: <patents@aful.org>
- Subject: Re: patented hacking
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:36:21 +0200 (CEST)
> I just wanted to draw attention to the hilarious role patents seem to
> be playing in this.
Indeed the patent application is hilarious too:
US Patent Application 0020082999: preventing reduction of sales of records
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='20020082999'.PGNR.&OS=DN/20020082999&RS=DN/20020082999
It directly claims the idea of reducing record sales by circulating
damaged variants of copyrighted files.
Given the USPTO's track record, it is hard to exclude that such claims
will be granted, but I wouldn't bet on it. Berman's recent law proposal
is not prior art. It came later than the patent application.
There are some more specific claims in the application which stand a
better chance and are still broad enough to ensure that, once Berman's
proposals are passed, patents remain the only serious obstacle to hacking
and compromising other peoples computers.
--
Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance tel. +49-89-12789608
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/
120,000 signatures against software patents http://www.noepatents.org/
- Re: [Patents] patented hacking, (continued)
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