61324
submission
PatPending writes:
FTA: The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software, has filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing against the patenting of software.
In its brief, SFLC argues that software copied and distributed outside the United States cannot infringe U.S. patents. The brief also argues that the Federal Circuit's decisions declaring software to be patentable subject matter conflict with Supreme Court precedent and, as such, should be overruled.
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid= 7150&scatid=8&contid=3
61304
submission
wojtalsd writes:
Sorry if the topic is off but I need to see who else this has happened to... Also ideas would be grateful.
We moved into our new house and tried to get DirecTV, The wait was for a few months so we opted to go with Dish Network. So we went on to there website and setup the installation dates. So far so good. A couple weeks later they came to do the install. When hooking up the DVR in the living room and doing the final programming they found out the DVR firmware was corrupted. They then brought out another one, same issues. Finally a third DVR came out of it's box.... tada! It works! So they box up the two "dead" DVR's and put it in the truck. Everything worked great until the UPS guy drops off two box's. We called up Dish and they told us to turn in our two DVR's. We told them the story and once again we thought we were good. A week later a UPS guy drives up and asks for the DVR's. Once again I call Dish. They said everything is taken care of. YEAH! Two weeks after that our Dish bill comes in charging $800 for the two DVR's. Yet again another call to Dish... They once again said they will take care of it. Just to be sure, we canceled the instant pay off of our credit card. Well then today comes... They decided to charge the card we first started the service with. So since 1200 to 727pm my wife has been arguing with them. They have know told her that we cant do anything about it till after the holidays. We tried to get our bank to stop the charges but it is still pending.
Any ideas? Merry Christmas to us! Thanks DISH NETWORK!