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Comment: Re:Punish Trolls (Score 1) 209

by Interfect (#36690870) Attached to: Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin
There's a decent chance, given the nature of the Bitcoin system, that this guy and his wife *do* "own, control, or create" some Bitcoins. My computer has been manufacturing Bitcoins all day, as have the computers of other Bitcoin miners. We then sell them to people on Bitcoin exchanges. So this guy wants to be the only vendor of "Bitcoin" brand Bitcoins (and would then presumably try to get everyone else to pay him for the privilege of talking about the thing they have?).

Comment: Re:Why Not? (Score 1) 193

by Interfect (#35569890) Attached to: US Gov't Sides Against Microsoft In i4i Patent Case
The ability for juries to second-guess the USPTO is the theoretical reason they're allowed to issue so many bad patents. The idea is that they grant patents after a cursory check, and if some interested party finds prior art they can take it up in court. If we get rid of that, we might as well replace the patent system with a free-money-for-patent-lawyers system.
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PayPal Withholding Indie Game Dev's €600,000 Account 775

Posted by Soulskill
from the money-for-nothin' dept.
epee1221 writes "Markus Persson, a.k.a. Notch, the developer of Minecraft, posted on his development blog today that PayPal limited his account with unspecified cause on August 25th. Since then, payments for the alpha version of Minecraft have continued accumulating while Notch has been unable to withdraw them, and the account now contains over €600,000. PayPal recently told him it may take up to two more weeks for things to get sorted out and that if they conclude that there is funny business involved, they will keep the money." This unfortunate news followed an announcement a few days ago that he and a friend would be starting a studio of their own to continue development on Minecraft and start working on a new project.

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