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On the post: Apple Sued Over Gift Cards That Claim $0.99 Per Song

Weird Harold ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2009 @ 11:10am

Re: Re: David vs Goliath

Opportunistic lawsuit by get-rich-quick schemers versus company doing legitimate business with proven business model. There is nothing 'david vs goliath' about this at all, it is a lawsuit meant only to get these people paid money they do not deserve and did not earn.

Yeah, can you believe their nerve? They're just lucky that Apple is willing to give them anything at all in return for their money, and they expect that return to actually be what was sold? Get real. Uppity little consumers like this need to be taught a little lesson about how the food chain works and their place in it, and I expect Apple's fine lawyers to do just that. Un-freaking unbelievable.
On the post: How The Entertainment Industry 'Launders' Policy Pronouncements

Weird Harold ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2009 @ 07:32pm

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"No, WH is actually registered here, and posts under that name."

When I want to.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2009 @ 01:03pm

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So, do not like what happened to the "government funded" drug that the FDA refuses to permit be produced? Then complain to the FDA, not the patent office.

Better yet, complain to both.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2009 @ 01:01pm

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It is totally false to say drugs are developed by government.

To deny it is pretty obviously a lie.

The government has never brought the drug to market. Ever. I seriously doubt that any university has ever brought a drug to market either.

Nobody is saying otherwise, so why are you making up that straw man?

Educational facilities and governments of course do research on drugs and other things, but that is a far far cry from bringing a drug to market.

Again, nobody here is claiming that they bring drugs to market. No, they use tax dollars to develop the drugs and then practically give them away to favored drug companies to sell and profit from (using patents as the vehicle to do so, of course).

Your industry lies and straw men are getting a little old.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2009 @ 12:24pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How many stories are there?

"The wheel was invented long before patents existed. It only took 1,000 years to come up with it. Now, had there been patents then, it might have been invented in a decade or two."

If that long! Another example: The only reason we don't have perpetual motion machines giving us unlimited free energy today is because the patent office won't issue patents for them. When they change their minds someday, all our energy problems will be solved. Of course, that will never happen if the patent haters have their way. They're the real ones holding up progress.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 11:04pm

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Wait a moment, drug corporations spend more on marketing and advertising than they do on research and development and R&D for many drugs are tax funded.

Anybody but a moron can see that that can't possibly be true.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:58pm

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It is the "think of the children" cry for Techdirt.

What about the patent holder's children? Somebody should think of them! Where's daddy going to get the money to send them to law school?
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:53pm

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Or there's what Macrovision does. They come up with a method of copy protection, and then they patent every possible method of bypassing that copy protection. They don't license out those patents because once again, that's not the point of them.

Hey, it's a free market, you can get those patents if you want them. All you have to do is buy the company!
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:49pm

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Oh, yeah? Prove it.

Spoken like a true pirate.
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:41pm

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lol...Math is not patentable by law.

It should be! Why should someone be able to steal someone else's math from them? That just isn't right! If I discover that 2+3=5, then why should someone else be able to come along and just copy (steal) that?
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:35pm

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More lies!

You know how to spot a bad patent study? If it says that patents ever have a negative impact, then it's a bad study!
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:29pm

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I know that several companies exploring nanofibers began by building on patents that date back nearly 100 years ago. Good for them.

Theives!
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 10:27pm

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and Zero patents.

That's why!
On the post: Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk

Weird Harold ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2009 @ 09:53pm

Lies!

Lies! All lies!

(Yes, I'm baaack)

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