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Facebook fine over stolen tech increased tenfold on appeal in Italy
- pietrovismara 6y agoI'm always happy when we prove that nations are still more powerful entities than global corporation. Gives me some hope we're not yet living in a cyberpunk dystopia. But following this logic (which I don't disagree with), shouldn't amazon be fined too for copying sellers' products and reselling them under their brand?
- tehwebguy 6y agoNo, there is already patent protection available for appropriate products.
- cwhiz 6y ago10x is still an order of magnitude too low. This type of behavior should be financially debilitating for a company. $4 million is a rounding error for Facebook. The fine should be $4 billion.
- taylorfinley 6y agoisn't 'nearby places' a pretty obvious feature? is there a better article with more evidence the app was actually 'stolen' by Facebook? I used to write television and so many times I heard stories of stolen ideas from failed screenwriters who were just sure that their (basic, obvious, and unoriginal) idea had been plagiarized by a big studio when something similar to their idea was produced. Of course some of the claims may have been true, but the more obvious or unoriginal the idea is the more damming I think the evidence needs to be to prove it was stolen.
- rasz 6y agoI should be happy FB was penalized, but >courts agreed that Facebook had stolen its concept and format, changing only its graphic layout > court declared that Faround was a database implemented in the form of a computer program and so was protected as a creative work under copyright law this is a terrible ruling. They were fined for _copying a concept_, not for being a monopolistic bully.