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Microsoft TV remote patent will charge you for skipping adverts
- jeffool 15y agoAnd pirates will continue to offer a superior user experience. While this sounds like a very bad idea, it could end up making content cheaper for those who don’t mind viewing adverts. In fact, a movie could be offered free as long as you don’t fast forward past that shampoo or car commercial. However, it’s more likely we’ll end up paying the same for content and these charges will be on top of that base price as a way of boosting profits. ... Pretty bad when the most likely scenario, the worst case, is assumed to be true by all parties before a product is even real.
- CWuestefeld 15y agoHere's an example of a good patent -- because it'll keep the technology from actually being used anywhere.