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.
Comments
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).
That gives Google far too much power over its rival... There are already many sites that refuse to work with Firefox or explicitly say Firefox isn't supported
Comments
Scott Mace
2007-11-26 23:22:33
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-26 23:37:28