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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by astral303 on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @02:49PM (#4665897)
You are making a mistake equating calling out hypocrisy with the implication of incorrectness. Nobody is saying he's wrong--they are pointing out hypocrisy.

Listen, I don't care whether Bezos is correct. I know what's right and I don't need to hear Bezos confirming it.

He has transgressed and left a lasting scar in the tech industry. Amazon's "one-click patent" is a household word for "dirty" and "predatory" in the tech world. Bezos needs to at the very least express regret. Better yet, he needs to denounce his earlier one-click patent as absurd, and then license it freely to everyone. Actions speak louder than words.

This is why people are so dismissive of his arguments. He is right, but many of us will never take him seriously.

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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by webreac on Thursday October 18, 2012 @06:07AM (#4668110)
When a system is wrong, applying it strictly is often a good way to fight it. The "one click patent" has been useful to demonstrate the absurdity of patent and may have help to kill all patents.
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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by theevocater on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @05:31PM (#4666523)
That is fine, but it is a flaw on your part to not listen to good arguments. Good arguments can be made by the worst of people.
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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by dbecker on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @06:10PM (#4666645)
The argument isn't the news here. We were all familiar with Bezos' argument before reading this article (and most of us already agreed with the argument). The reason this is newsworthy is that it is coming from Bezos.

He might as well say "I agree with A." Whatever your prior feelings about A, the statement is only informative to the extent you care which side Bezos is on.

That said, to the extent his credibility influences anyone, I'm glad to see he's speaking out.

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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by IheartApplesDix on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @03:26PM (#4666019)
Companies have already done this and it has done nothing to change the patent system, unsurprisingly. I'm sure Amazon will license the one-click patent for free if Apple releases the "slide to unlock" patent, despite the fact that placing orders safely with 1 click is a much more involved technical process than a simple GUI element.
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