Comments on: Some Obvious Thing http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Brand http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-50143 Chris Brand Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:36:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-50143 <p>Of course they can be both good for the incumbents and bad for the industry as a whole.</p> Of course they can be both good for the incumbents and bad for the industry as a whole.

]]> By: small inventor (aka "patent tr http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-50142 small inventor (aka "patent tr Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:26:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-50142 <p>Bullshit...</p> Bullshit…

]]> By: Chris Brand http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-38546 Chris Brand Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:36:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-38546 <p>Of course they can be both good for the incumbents and bad for the industry as a whole.</p> Of course they can be both good for the incumbents and bad for the industry as a whole.

]]> By: small inventor (aka "patent troll") http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-38545 small inventor (aka "patent troll") Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:26:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-38545 <p>Bullshit...</p> Bullshit…

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-50141 eee_eff Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:09:31 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-50141 <p><i>"Patents are bad for the software industry?"<br><br></i><i>Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.</i><br><br>No. government enforced barriers to entry are almost uniformly a bad thing, and lead inevitably to less competition.<br><br>Conflating Health and Safety or environmental programs with other 'Government-enforced barriers to entry' is not correct; those programs are necessary for other reasons, and although they may sometimes be a barrier to entry, they are not always so.<br><br>They exist for other reasons. Just ask a few folks in Panama that bought what they thought was cold medicine...</p> “Patents are bad for the software industry?”

Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.

No. government enforced barriers to entry are almost uniformly a bad thing, and lead inevitably to less competition.

Conflating Health and Safety or environmental programs with other ‘Government-enforced barriers to entry’ is not correct; those programs are necessary for other reasons, and although they may sometimes be a barrier to entry, they are not always so.

They exist for other reasons. Just ask a few folks in Panama that bought what they thought was cold medicine…

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-38544 enigma_foundry Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:09:31 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-38544 <p><i>"Patents are bad for the software industry?"</p> <p><i>Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.</i></p> <p>No. government enforced barriers to entry are almost uniformly a bad thing, and lead inevitably to less competition.</p> <p>Conflating Health and Safety or environmental programs with other 'Government-enforced barriers to entry' is not correct; those programs are necessary for other reasons, and although they may sometimes be a barrier to entry, they are not always so.</p> <p>They exist for other reasons. Just ask a few folks in Panama that bought what they thought was cold medicine...</i></p> “Patents are bad for the software industry?”

Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.

No. government enforced barriers to entry are almost uniformly a bad thing, and lead inevitably to less competition.

Conflating Health and Safety or environmental programs with other ‘Government-enforced barriers to entry’ is not correct; those programs are necessary for other reasons, and although they may sometimes be a barrier to entry, they are not always so.

They exist for other reasons. Just ask a few folks in Panama that bought what they thought was cold medicine…

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-50140 Don Marti Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:47:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-50140 <p>"Patents are bad for the software industry?"<br><br></p> <p>Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.</p> “Patents are bad for the software industry?”

Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-38543 Don Marti Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:47:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/06/09/some-obvious-thing/#comment-38543 <p>"Patents are bad for the software industry?"</p> <p>Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.</p> “Patents are bad for the software industry?”

Probably not, for incumbents. Government-enforced barriers to entry are a good thing. USPTO does for Big Software what the FCC does for Big Media and the FDA does for Big Pharma.

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