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edremy writes: Learning management system maker Blackboard has won its initial suit against Desire2Learn. Blackboard gets $3.1 million and can demand that Desire2Learn stop US sales.
For those not familiar with the suit, you can get the details here. Blackboard has been granted a patent that covers a single person having multiple roles in an LMS: for example, a TA might be a student in one class and an instructor in another. You wouldn't think something this obvious could even be patented, but so far it's been a very effective weapon for BB, badly hurting D2L and generating a huge amount of worry for the few remaining commercial LMSes that BB has not already bought and open source solutions such as Moodle.
For those not familiar with the suit, you can get the details here. Blackboard has been granted a patent that covers a single person having multiple roles in an LMS: for example, a TA might be a student in one class and an instructor in another. You wouldn't think something this obvious could even be patented, but so far it's been a very effective weapon for BB, badly hurting D2L and generating a huge amount of worry for the few remaining commercial LMSes that BB has not already bought and open source solutions such as Moodle.
Comment Re:Why not make it a crime... (Score 1) 693
That would be the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP or RIPA)
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP or RIPA) is a United Kingdom law covering the interception of communications. It was introduced to take account of technological change such as the growth of the Internet and strong encryption. It also puts other techniques for monitoring citizens on a statutory footing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIPA
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP or RIPA) is a United Kingdom law covering the interception of communications. It was introduced to take account of technological change such as the growth of the Internet and strong encryption. It also puts other techniques for monitoring citizens on a statutory footing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIPA
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ARHH!!!! CAL or Computer aided Learning is evil
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