Twitter’s Surprising Solution to the Patent Problem: Let Employees Control Them
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I know the IPA says they have to obtain the permission "without additional consideration or threat," but I don't get how that's practical when companies can fire employees for any damn reason they like in practice.
So no, it's not perfect. It uses incentives to control abuses. Even though it's not perfect, I still like it's simplicity.
I still cant believe amazon were able to patent the one click sales process they offer on their website. Maybe one of the car makers will patent their air conditioning button? =(
For instance: "Control device for motor vehicle air conditioning, with driver preferences settings"
> The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a nice sentiment, but the loophole potential is simply too great, and it doesn’t (and can’t) address the fundamental problems and dysfunction in the patent system. A patented “invention”, even when patented under these terms, is still patented. It’s not free for anyone to use, and willfully infringing upon it is still dangerous and unwise ... The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a well-intentioned gesture. But that’s all it is.
The notice that he put on the CDs was eloquent:
The phonographic copyright in these performances is operated by Discipline Records on behalf of the artists, with whom it resides. Discipline accepts no reason for artists to give away such copyright interests in their work by virtue of a "common practice" which is out of tune with the time, was always questionable and is now indefensible.
There's nothing wrong with entering into an agreement where you agree not to share something or republish it. But that agreement is between you and the other party - not me.
Such agreements are entirely different than patents and copyright, which forces the absurdity that something I legitimately acquired is not my own.