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).
Nowadays, in academia almost anywhere in the world, there's growing expectation that lecturers will spend not much of the time doing research or even teaching
Had those sites spent more time focusing on RSS feeds (not social control media "games") and less on SEO (trying to game search engines), they wouldn't be sobbing now
Can Dr. Stallman persuade key decision makers to adopt not only "Linux" but also Software Freedom (not the same thing), as he did in South American before? Or like he did in Kerala?
Lawfare powered by slop companies (including Microsoft) from America, targetting British people who consistently oppose slop because it's objectively terrible
Comments
Scott Mace
2007-11-26 23:22:33
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-26 23:37:28