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Probably naive of me, but I also see a potential silver lining in large companies patenting evil ideas: it's a very effective mechanism for ensuring they don't
by ballenf 8y ago
Probably naive of me, but I also see a potential silver lining in large companies patenting evil ideas: it's a very effective mechanism for ensuring they don't get commercialized. And if they are, you know that FB is either behind it or has condoned it, so can focus your efforts to stop it on one target.
Again, potentially anyway.
- decebalus1 8y ago> it's a very effective mechanism for ensuring they don't get commercialized. False. Patents can be licensed and anyone with money can use it. Also, the patents are more like legal ammo which is used only when needed. So it's actually a mechanism for ensuring that: - nobody who bothers the large company commercializes it. - nobody but the wealthy members of a 'cartel' commercialize it.