Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end patent wars

Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by adastra on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @03:05PM (#4665947)

I look forward to Bezos matching his words with actions.

It's pretty well known that Amazon's lobbying in DC is entirely focused on preventing Amazon from having to pay state sales taxes. Bezos has never lifted a finger to help any other tech cause -- note that Bezos didn't co-sign the open letter on SOPA from tech CEO's[1], and that Amazon didn't co-sign the company letter[2], for example.

If he does become active on this, that's great. But given his history I'd be shocked if he put real resources behind it. And until he does it will just be empty words.

[1] http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/14/tech-execs-anti-sopa-lette...

[2] http://www.protectinnovation.com/downloads/letter.pdf

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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by johnrgrace on Thursday October 18, 2012 @01:52PM (#4669998)

Actually, I think Amazon has switched gears and now is for Sales tax everywhere because they can deal with it better than most other players.

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