...as we all know, Apple invented copy&paste with their iPhone and promptly patented it.
Now no one else can implement it in their OS.

Now I have to wear lead underpants in addition to my tinfoil-hat.

I don't agree with a lot of the stuff they are attempting to change. But at the same time I don't agree with the textbook revisions that the liberals have been doing uncontested for much too long now. Current educational material are already filled to the brim with political viewpoints.

[quote] "a threat to the apolitical nature of public school governance and academic content standards in California."[/quote]
That's funny. The only standard applied to California education is mediocrity.

...content providers want to have their cookie and eat it too.

Yay for bing, it's better to find pr0n with!

The laptop market is even worse. It's near impossible to find a high-res laptop nowadays.
Sure you can find a 10-11 inch display at 768p, that is high-res, but the same resolution at 16 - 18 inches sure isn't.

... the USPTO saves millions of dollars with their newly introduced 1-click patent approval process.

...that is the true testament to how irrelevant Blockbuster has really become.