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Re:The Silencing of Maya by cynicalkane on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:50PM (#4103931)
Could you imagine having to pay a compulsory license to use something like Amazon's patented one-click ordering? There's nothing so horribly wrong with the patent model; there's something wrong with the system that decides one-click is worthy of patent protection.
Re:The Silencing of Maya by asmithmd1 on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:58PM (#4103956)
You would not be required but would have the privilege of licensing Amazon's patent. As it is now Amazon can prevent anyone from duplicating there patent for 20 years.