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I'd love that idea too. Tho the particular case you linked looks ridiculous. I'd be more worried about making it compatible with any tool though. The old cartri
by lopmotr 8y ago
I'd love that idea too. Tho the particular case you linked looks ridiculous. I'd be more worried about making it compatible with any tool though. The old cartridge video game consoles prevented unauthorized (not pirate) games by patenting the connectors so you couldn't make something that physically plugged in properly. Now there's apparently DRM on batteries! Good luck copying some cryptographic handshake.
Maybe your business would use 2nd hand parts to circumvent patents and crypto. Build some Frankenstein adapter/battery with removable cells.
- Zak 8y agoPatenting the connectors also seems like an abuse the patent system should prevent (there's not actually an invention there). As for DRM, I think we, the tech community should be pushing legislators a lot harder to roll back anticircumvention provisions.
- lopmotr 8y agoYea, anti-circumvention law violates the idea that consenting adults should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home. I wonder what will happen to patents if 3D printers become more versatile and as common as 2D printers so common people can download items from online? The download surely won't be patent protected, and the end user might be able to legally print it under the "experimental use" exception.