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Re:“Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS ... by cryptarch on Saturday April 22, 2017 @01:24PM (#14173562)
Anyone looking at creating an IPFS or BitTorrent mirror yet?

Edit: the PDF attachment URL's are very predictable, they're the number of the patent in a weird order + a page number, e.g.: http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/10/292/096/2.pdf

Back of the envelope calculations say all PDF's should only take 1 - 6 TB's (assuming 100kb to 600kb in PDF's on average). Seriously, why hasn't anyone mirrored this?

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Re:“Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS ... by tjalfi on Saturday April 22, 2017 @04:31PM (#14174589)
The USPTO has a bulk download option[0]. The datasets are available from ReedTech[1].

[0] https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/bulk-data-produ... [1] http://patents.reedtech.com/Public-PAIR.php

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Re:“Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS ... by umhau on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:11PM (#14174179)
Legal issues from mirroring something that's sort-of government property? I have no idea if it is or not, but I'd guess it's some sort of grey area.
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Re:“Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS ... by cryptarch on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:46PM (#14174363)
As in, fear of extra-legal persecution or fear of legal prosecution?

Copyright generally doesn't stop people from copying what they want to copy. Do only BigCo's have a use for patents?

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