04.16.10
“Patent Absurdity” is Released (Ogg)
Summary: The video whose release we have been anticipating is finally out
THE FOLLOWING video was released just half an hour ago. It is titled “Patent Absurdity: how software patents broke the system” █
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- Software Patents Still Fought Against by Red Hat, Brad Feld
- Patents Roundup: Defensive Patent License, KnowRi§ht, Patent Overhaul Bill Stalled, Patent Absurdity, Brad Feld, and Pirate Party
- Patents Roundup: University of Colorado Conference on Software Patents and Free Software; “Patent Absurdity” in Connecticut Film Festival; Amazon’s Absurd Patent; Monsanto’s Meat Patents
- Patents Roundup: Patent Absurdity More Widely Understood, New Zealand’s Case Against Them Made Clearer, and Why Free Software Must Reject Them
- USPTO Starts Rejecting Software Patents While Germany Mistakenly Overrides the Law and Approves Microsoft’s
- OpenDocument Format (ODF) Shows That It Would Have Been Better If IBM Bought Sun
- “Patent Absurdity” Looks for Translations Amid Lobbying from Florian Müller and Microsoft
- New Papers Explain the Harms of Software Patents
What Else is New
The FRAND Apple-Microsoft Conspiracy Attempts to Destroy Android/Linux, Ban Imports
How Microsoft and Apple are using patents in bulk (sometimes acquired in unison, e.g. from Novell and Nortel) to artificially lower market saturation of the Android operating system or drive costs up
Gates Foundation: Buying Influence for Bill's Ego and Bill's Profit
New examples of power being acquired and investments (i.e. for profit) being funnelled into the beneficiaries
Bill Gates Enters Financial Centres With His Goons Becoming US Budget Chief, Top Bankers
How Bill Gates' staff is entering positions of financial power, indirectly giving Gates power over US (national and international) finance
IBM Ignores Small Companies' Interests, Denies Patent Scope is a Problem, Focusing on Its Own Problems (Trolls) Instead
How David Kappos and IBM (his longtime employer) continue to ignore the obvious problem which kills small businesses and everyone is complaining about
The New York Times Publishes Factually-Flawed Patent Propaganda Benefiting Microsoft and Apple
Eamonn Fingleton is rewriting history in the US' top newspaper, insinuating that patents contributed to the rise of software duopolists
Software Patents Eligibility Likely to be Decided by SCOTUS
Analyses suggest that an escalation by appeal to SCOTUS is likely to be the next stage in 'Bilski 2.0'
Does Bill Gates Try to Flush GNU/Linux Down the Toilet in Kerala?
Renting Microsoft software rather than using Free (as in freedom, or libre) software?
Links 21/5/2013: Handbrake Turns 0.9.9, NetBSD 6.1
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Links 20/5/2013: First Salifish Smartphone, Mageia 3 Released
Links for the day
Microsoft Corruption (Illegal Tenders) Stopped by European Court
Microsoft cannot bypass public tenders, based on a ruling from a court of law in Europe
Not Satire: Microsoft Wants to Show the World How Security is Done
Software security 'standard' to be led by the company which made insecurity an acceptable engineering practice?
Microsoft is Struggling to Maintain Industry 'Standards'
With Microsoft's common carrier and browser share down considerably Microsoft finds itself increasingly irrelevant and it tries subversive means of making another comeback
Microsoft Entryism and Bribery Get the Microsoft Way Implemented
A recollection of very dirty tactics from Microsoft, which uses money to oppress, overthrow, and even hijack its opposition
Patent Policy Laundering in the European Union and New Zealand
How the so-called 'free' trade agreements help spread patent policy which favours software patents
Ongoing Focus on Patent Litigation and Patent Trolls Reduces Focus on Software Patents
The problem with increased focus on the players that use software patents litigiously and the litigation itself
Andrew Y. Schroeder Shows That Patent Lawyers Are Sociopaths
Bully and law misuser is trying to get his way with foul language, intimidation, and sheer lack of professionalism
IBM-backed Book on 'Open Innovation'
OpenForum Europe (OFE), which helps IBM's turf wars in Europe, releases a new book filled with its talking point
Joseph E. Stiglitz Criticises the Patent System
More critical words about the patent system and the way it is harming lives
Senator Schumer Should Focus on Software Patents, Leaving Patent Trolls (Side Effect) Aside
Reform in the USPTO and the US courts should focus on patent scope and not patent holders
Links 20/5/2013: Plenty of Linux News, Google/Android Announcements
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IRC Proceedings: May 12th, 2013-May 18th, 2013
IRC logs for May 12th, 2013 (and subsequent days until May 18th, 2013)
Microsoft Spin Regarding Skype Spying Does Not Withstand Scrutiny
Microsoft's response to allegations that Skype is spying on all users is full of holes
MPEG-LA Ruined the Licence of WebM, Made it Less Freedom-Respecting
The Microsoft-, Nokia-, and Apple-backed patent troll appears to have ruined the freedom assured by Google's multimedia format, which was previously made free only after public pressure
Microsoft-controlled Nokia is Lobbying to Enable Bans on Android Imports (Linux Phones as a Whole in Danger)
Nokia is shown lobbying for embargoes while it is also suing -- with limited success -- Android handsets makers
Courtroom and New Book Recognise That Software Patents Correspond to Mathematics and Mathematics Abused in Court
Important observations about the nature of computer-implemented 'inventions', or software patents
The Reality Distortion Field of Patent Lawyers Helps Impede Abolition of Software Patents
How widespread coverage and talking points from the tiny minority which is patent lawyers have contributed to biased and at times utterly distorted reporting on the subject of software patents around the world
Eugene Kaspersky Says Patents Harm Innovation
Some more criticism of the patent system and software patents in particular, courtesy of Eugene Kaspersky
UEFI Restricted Boot Good for Microsoft Agenda, Not for Security
News and analysis of UEFI 'secure boot' (lockdown), including the new role played by the Microsoft-funded SUSE
Anniversaries
Sites that deal with patents and with FUD as well as their respective ages
EFF, Newegg, and the Canadian Patent System All Take a Stance Against Software Patents
Hostility towards the practice of patenting software is seen in a nonprofit organisation, a corporation, and a government branch responsible for patenting
