Every major movie studio has a streaming service of its own, except for Warner Bros. Universal is part of Comcast and has Peacock, Paramount has Paramount+, Disney has Disney+, Sony has something (not sure how big it is).

For those who oppose it, would it feel different if the announcement was that Warner Bros. was buying Netflix to also offer its own streaming platform to compete with the other studios that created their own?

The only thing I don't like about the current media landscape is people have to sign up to a plurality of services to see all the content they want to see. But we are already well down that road, and it's becoming so costly that I suspect piracy is now on the rise. A low-cost streaming service like Netflix used to alleviate most desire to pirate content. The media companies all know this.

Fedora is published under the MIT license. It's a pretty liberal license that allows copying for whatever use. I wasn't aware of Oracle copying Fedora, but that would have been allowed under its license. The only requirement would have been retaining of the copyright notice.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/fedora-linux-license/

problem is, at the PTO, we're getting less and less time to do a thorough search.

I realize that this is not the fault of any one member of the PTO. However, do you not think that by not doing the proper research, there is more harm done than good?

Consider the case of Amazon vs BarnesAndNoble.com. Amazon sued over this "technology" that is clearly not an "invention" by any stretch of the imagination. This "technology" is no different than when I log on to /. and my name appears in the upper right corner. "oooh, aaahhh." /. knows who I am! They could keep up with what articles I read and, with "1 click", could send me an e-mail message or do any number of things with my customer record.

Again, I recognize that you are overly burdened-- as are many other people. Heck, it's not uncommon for me to work 80 hours or more per week. However, I would never complete a project only half way. I'd either do it right or say, "I don't have time." The latter answer is perfectly acceptable when you literally don't have time.

I recognize that letting work pile up will result in some people not being awarded a patent in a timely manner. However, if the patent process slowed down, I would venture to guess that there would be more happy campers than not and that comes from the very root of the problem: too many inappropriate patent applications are being accepted.