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Subject: RE: [emergency] RE: Opportunity for CAP? State CIOs Plan System To Warn Public Of Danger
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:28 -0600, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > Yes. Hail Mary patents. If the cost of getting the patent > isn't too high, it's worth the attempt. It is one way to > slow down imitators and aggregators who can gang feeds and > reduce costs; like other broadcast models, rates can > vary to sponsors depending on the rating of the service. > So the best deal is to get exclusive rights from the > content originators somewhat like the legal information > service providers. Patents are patently bad. They also provide a mechanism to secure a market with an inferior product and curb innovation. Exclusive rights is just a synonym for vendor lock-in. After all, this is (supposedly) public information. Cheers Kon
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