CapedOpossum - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Patents should be eliminated (Score 1) 202

by CapedOpossum on Friday October 26, 2007 @11:59AM (#21129761) Attached to: SanDisk Sues 25 Companies for Patent Infringement

So if patents provide a shield against big companies, how come the patent you mentioned did not protect Woz and Apple from IBM (IIRC IBM-PC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM-PC came out 1981, only 4 years after said patent was granted). Or were patent lifetimes that much shorter then?

Submission + - Scientists:Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years (cnn.com)

Submitted by CapedOpossum on Thursday August 30, 2007 @02:32PM

CapedOpossum writes: Let the voices chanting apocalyptic visions once again be heard! Playing God? Hell, we're re-inventing the concept! From the article: "Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of 'wet artificial life.' ... 'It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it,' said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice, Italy, one of those in the race. ... Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could 'run amok,' but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem."

Submission + - Court acquits allofmp3.com site owner

Submitted by CapedOpossum on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @02:39PM

CapedOpossum writes: From the article: "A Russian court found the former boss of music download Web site www.allofmp3.com not guilty of breaching copyright on Wednesday in a case considered a crucial test of Russia's commitment to fighting piracy." ... "Denis Kvasov, head of MediaServices which owned the site, " ... "always said he was within the law because the site paid part of its income to ROMS, a Russian organisation which collects and distributes fees for copyright holders. The judge agreed with his defence."

Slashdot Top Deals