Software patent reform just died in the House

Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by logn on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @01:51PM (#6770129)

That's their budget on paper. Donors don't have to disclose all their donations:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/29/dark-money-2012-ele...

... nonprofits like Crossroads GPS and trade associations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are allowed to keep their donors secret. As a result, there is a great flood of campaign spending this election cycle for which there is no official paper trail.

I don't think the proper response of rich Valley people is to ramp up their donations to PACs unless it's the Wolf-PAC which is organizing to pass a Constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance and lobbying:

http://www.wolf-pac.com/

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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by Joeri on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:29AM (#6773368)

They are at least focusing on the heart of the matter: corporate personhood. Get rid of that, and you open the door for all the other reforms. As long as amoral, immortal and extremely powerful entities like corporations get equal rights as human beings, it is unavoidable that the laws, including patent law, are forced along amoral pathways.

Software patent reform is battling a symptom, not the cause.

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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by leoc on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @02:17PM (#6770383)

Soft jobs for favoured ex-politicians and ex-bureaucrats won't show up as campaign or lobbying expenditure either.

Oh, and then there are the insider trading tips too.

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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by shooper on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @02:20PM (#6770403)

I believe that's true for contributions from private companies who don't have to report their earnings. Maybe a finance guru can pitch in, but don't public companies like IBM and Microsoft have to declare such donations in their earnings statements?

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