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What about when they lobby to keep the current patent system in place. Can we blame them then, or is that the nature of the game, too?
by higherpurpose 12y ago
What about when they lobby to keep the current patent system in place. Can we blame them then, or is that the nature of the game, too?
- lorddoig 12y agoThe very idea that lobbying is a) a thing, and b) a thing that works is a failure of the political system in a massive but completely unsurprising way.
- kryptiskt 12y agoApple has a lot of money they could use to finance lobbying for patent reform. Maybe this will help them see the wisdom in that.
- Maarten88 12y agoA strong signal would be if Apple raised prices for affected products (iPhones and iPods) by exactly 0.98% and send out a press release that this is necessary to offset increased patent-related costs and will only affect US prices. Further increases are not expected, but can't be ruled out. Foreign pricing will not be affected. I'd like to see politicians react to that...
- meepmorp 12y agoI doubt politicians would give a shit, perhaps notwithstanding a few minutes of grandstanding during some floor speech or committee hearing. Certainly, no action would come of it. Lobbying, though, would get their attention. Like it or not, that's how one operates the levers of power in Washington at the moment