Comments on: Should Computer Software Receive Copyright Protection? http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-30855 James Gattuso Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:51:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/#comment-30855 <p>Adam -- It doesn't seem Ahronian raises a real "case or controversy" for the courts -- he's just asking for a declarary judgment by the courts without any specific dispute at hand. Whatever the merits, the courts will throw this out until there's an actual disute with an actual patent at hand.</p> Adam — It doesn’t seem Ahronian raises a real “case or controversy” for the courts — he’s just asking for a declarary judgment by the courts without any specific dispute at hand. Whatever the merits, the courts will throw this out until there’s an actual disute with an actual patent at hand.

]]> By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-46862 James Gattuso Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:51:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/#comment-46862 <p>Adam -- It doesn't seem Ahronian raises a real "case or controversy" for the courts -- he's just asking for a declarary judgment by the courts without any specific dispute at hand. Whatever the merits, the courts will throw this out until there's an actual disute with an actual patent at hand.</p> Adam — It doesn’t seem Ahronian raises a real “case or controversy” for the courts — he’s just asking for a declarary judgment by the courts without any specific dispute at hand. Whatever the merits, the courts will throw this out until there’s an actual disute with an actual patent at hand.

]]> By: garym http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-30854 garym Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:43:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/#comment-30854 <p>This suit claims that software copyright protection is unconstitutionally vague, yet claims that patents provide a better alternative. If this suit succeeds, we might as well forget about having a software industry; legitimate code will be plagiarized without protection, while developers of new code will have to search through an impossible-to-negotiate maze of patents. (Try reading any software patent and figuring out what it says.) There will have to be four lawyers to every programmer.</p> <p>What's Ahronian's purpose with this insane lawsuit? To give employment to a horde of patent lawyers, perhaps?</p> This suit claims that software copyright protection is unconstitutionally vague, yet claims that patents provide a better alternative. If this suit succeeds, we might as well forget about having a software industry; legitimate code will be plagiarized without protection, while developers of new code will have to search through an impossible-to-negotiate maze of patents. (Try reading any software patent and figuring out what it says.) There will have to be four lawyers to every programmer.

What’s Ahronian’s purpose with this insane lawsuit? To give employment to a horde of patent lawyers, perhaps?

]]> By: garym http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-46861 garym Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:43:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2004/12/14/should-computer-software-receive-copyright-protection/#comment-46861 <p>This suit claims that software copyright protection is unconstitutionally vague, yet claims that patents provide a better alternative. If this suit succeeds, we might as well forget about having a software industry; legitimate code will be plagiarized without protection, while developers of new code will have to search through an impossible-to-negotiate maze of patents. (Try reading any software patent and figuring out what it says.) There will have to be four lawyers to every programmer.<br><br>What's Ahronian's purpose with this insane lawsuit? To give employment to a horde of patent lawyers, perhaps?</p> This suit claims that software copyright protection is unconstitutionally vague, yet claims that patents provide a better alternative. If this suit succeeds, we might as well forget about having a software industry; legitimate code will be plagiarized without protection, while developers of new code will have to search through an impossible-to-negotiate maze of patents. (Try reading any software patent and figuring out what it says.) There will have to be four lawyers to every programmer.

What’s Ahronian’s purpose with this insane lawsuit? To give employment to a horde of patent lawyers, perhaps?

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