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This reminds me of the cold war. Big powerful countries growing their arsenal of WOMD to dissuade each other from attacking. Using them against the other side w
by edouard1234567 14y ago
This reminds me of the cold war. Big powerful countries growing their arsenal of WOMD to dissuade each other from attacking. Using them against the other side would mean self destruction, so instead they agree they won't let any other country get them : non proliferation treaties... . But this only works when you have something to loose that's why we are so afraid of fanatics getting their hands on WOMDs, they can't be dissuaded and these treaties have no effect on them.
Today big tech companies amass patents of mass destruction (POMD) to dissuade each other from suing. Unfortunately this doesn't work against patent trolls because they have nothing to lose. So what you are suggesting is a kind of patriot act against the "technology terrorists" and start a war against patent trolling! :)
- firebones 14y agoI think you're describing asymmetric warfare. Study of countermeasures for asymmetric warfare would be fertile ground for learning how to counteract the trolls. I'm not a real student of this, but off the top of my head the techniques used in real asymmetric warfare include: * Buying off the enemy (pallets of $100 bills to Afghanistan) * Drone strikes (perhaps not quite yet feasible, although domestic drone usage is increasing and no doubt gives corporate legal teams hope) * Win the hearts and minds of the locals (equivalent: raise awareness in the judiciary so they no longer give aid and comfort to trolls) * Supply them with arms (have them do your bidding by harassing competitors in exchange for not harassing you further) * Legalize it (stop drug cartels by taking the economic incentive away from their profit center--in this case, change law to strip away their incentives) What else?