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Well, then it's just a matter of time until some random company 'X' gets sued for having page-turn animation that they had implemented decades ago, I guess.
by neya 14y ago
Well, then it's just a matter of time until some random company 'X' gets sued for having page-turn animation that they had implemented decades ago, I guess.
- JonnieCache 14y agoMicrosoft had it on encarta back in the 90s. I'm sure there are many other glaringly obvious examples.
- Zenst 14y agoYes a small company called that were working on a CPU that would become the ARM cpu was happily demoing there new computer the archimedies and to demonstrate the new CPU they did something that had not been done in realtime. Yes the page turn effect, was also a waving flag surface and few other demonstrations of this great processing power. Now If I watch a film on TV on a digital screen and in that film somebody turns a page of a book, then would I also technicaly be violating this digital patent. Patents like this are fine, as long as there are in a common-sence pool of free use for all, anything else is well, just wrong.
- lutze 14y agoHell, even Master of Magic had this on its spellbook. I fail to see how this is in any way a unique feature warranting a patent, what a fucking joke.
- nudded 14y agoIf they prove they had it implemented before the patent they couldn't.
- zerostar07 14y agoWell, if "software is eating everything", soon traditional books will become extinct. The next generation will probably find page-turning effects a bizarre thing that their computer does (similar to how very few people understand why "radio buttons" are named thusly ).