Banned Microsoft Commercial Shows the Effect of Patent Armageddon (Updated)
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2007-10-25 09:24:47 UTC
Modified: 2007-11-26 23:39:31 UTC
...Not exactly a patent Armageddon, but what makes this violent advertising an excellent example is the fact that, unlike cold wars, no real weapons are involved (only junk patents).
It can hopefully be understood how this relates to a patent maze that involved many parties such as OIN (IBM, Oracle, Google, etc.), incognito patent trolls, Novell, and Microsoft.
This commercial led to a big storm in the media when children at a school mimicked it (used it as an example). This could end up deadly because any fake game can be seen as real from afar.
Update (26/11/2007): the video above has been removed. Here is a link that works with an embedment (streaming Flash) below.
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Scott Mace
2007-11-26 23:22:33
YouTube has removed this video. Any idea where to find it now?
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-26 23:37:28
You're right. It seems to have been removed. I'm updating this blog item to include a reference that works (see second embedment).
Originally, in 2025, we gave ourselves 6 years (until 2031) to cover these issues, but we've seen since extended that to 10 years (until 2036) because of the amount of material we have
If people are being honest with themselves, many of the gadgets they claim they "cannot live without" are just excesses and distractions they could definitely leave behind
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Scott Mace
2007-11-26 23:22:33
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-26 23:37:28