Patent Absurdity: How software patents broke the system

[philip2009]

Found this video over at Slashdot, welcome to the mad, mad, world of US software patents (on a side note this blog post from ex-Sun head Jonathan Schwartz gives some real world examples of patent use) -

Patent Absurdity explores the case of software patents and the history of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done to software developers and the wider economy. The film is based on a series of interviews conducted during the Supreme Court's review of in re Bilski — a case that could have profound implications for the patenting of software. The Court's decision is due soon...

Watch video here (you'll need an Ogg Theora video player) ...

 

[Hotwired]

Interesting stuff.


Didn't think I'd watch a random half hour video but it managed to carry me through it.

 

[marc_howarth]

A good watch. Thought the comparison the musical ideas with Beethoven was a good one