I agree with these sentiments. I think that we can go much further than
writing our congress, however. I would like to see us assemble a class
action law suit against the federal government with the purpose of declaring
that the current U.S. Patent system violates the garaunteed right to
freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is arguably the most important
right granted in the constitution and intellectual property has become
a thinly veiled sham that grants corporations nearly absolute control
over the basic components from which new ideas are constructed. At the
current rate, in some short time it will become nearly impossible for
hobbyist programmers to practice their art without risking the violation
of some overly broad patent.
Is any effort similar to this idea under way?
-- _______________________________________________________________________ Ean Schuessler Director of New Products and Technologies Novare International Inc. The Unstoppable Fist of Digital Action --- Some or all of the above signature may be a joke
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