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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 03:10 PM EDT |
To argue that:
a computer+software = new machine
is to argue
that:
combination 1-2-1 as applied to a combination lock creates a new
machine compared with applying combination 10-12-10 to the same lock
Tons
of analogies like this and the dvd+dvdplayer are exactly analogous.
The
concept is simple:
Using a device for exactly what it was built for, not
building something greater, and to patent it is to lock away from the public
what the public already had available!
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- Combination Lock - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 03:59 PM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 03:30 PM EDT |
Yes. At least for those players that store the disc key in NVRAM,
so that next time that disc is loaded it runs and plays faster.
Those discs that break the key into pieces and scatter them about,
cause a lot of work for libdvdnav, so a player that stores the key
becomes a different player. Sorry, by posing the question
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 04:00 PM EDT |
Well, DVD players are computers so go and install Linux on
them asap :-)
Under your definition, your and my computers must be the
same exact machine if we watched the same DVD (don't have
either or those movies). I doubt very much that your
computer (hardware, software and work load) is exactly the
same as mine so that must make our computers different
machines.
Also it is likely that many of these machine definitions are
those that need to be present to explain the patent but
otherwise have no legal weight. That is probably why you
tend not to see those claims that just describe a computer
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 06:46 PM EDT |
Does changing dishes make a new dishwasher?
Does changing channels make a new television?
Does changing drivers make a new car?
Does changing furniture make a new apartment?
Does changing strings make a new guitar?
Keep em coming... it just shows how ridiculous this has become...
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Authored by: DannyB on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 10:03 AM EDT |
Does changing the music roll on a player piano make a new machine?
Does changing the pattern cards in a textile weaving machine make a new
machine?
Does changing the text or graphics on an outdoor electric sign make a new
machine?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 03:18 PM EDT |
Under your view, all new non-Ford vehicles would have to be
removed from the United States of America because there is a
single car somewhere in the U.S.A. that infringed one of
Ford's patents. Even Apple has not been that silly - yet.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 21 2012 @ 01:35 AM EDT |
Farmers use tractors for many tasks and usually by adding an implement specific
to the taks (ploughing, transporting, etc.).
Is the tractor with a trailer a different machine from a tractor with a plough?
Isn't it still a tractor?
Contractors (and members of the DIY tribe) have powered hand drills that comes
with interchangable bits fitting various kinds of screw formats and sizes
(philips, hex, etc.).
Does the tool represent a different machine if the bit is changed?
What if it is used with a drill to make a hole? Isn't it still the same basic
power tool platform?
Isn't the law(yer) confusing the configuration of a machine/tool with the
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