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So of course the logical conclusion to the judge saying that "Copyright is thus intended to protect the original work of authors without granting monopolies ove
by pilif 15y ago
So of course the logical conclusion to the judge saying that "Copyright is thus intended to protect the original work of authors without granting monopolies over facts or ideas that would hinder further progress" will be for Mr. Erickson to apply for a patent for a "method or apparatus for transposing numbers into musical notes".
Then he could sue the other guy again on patent grounds.
Because, as we all know, patents are made precisely for granting monopolies "in order not to hinder further progress", to reuse the judges original wording.
- nextparadigms 15y agoIt would be really funny (in a bad way) when we'll discover that a law that we use with the intent to "further progress", actually does the opposite and hinders it. Unfortunately this won't happen unless the patent law goes to the Supreme Court over this or a bunch of companies lobby Congress with hard data showing them that patents hinder progress.
- Danieru 15y agoOr if the next iPhone gets blocked...