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| + | * [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100417000550276 www.groklaw.net] | ||
| + | * [http://lwn.net/Articles/383694/ lwn.net] | ||
| + | * [http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/16/2041245/Is-the-Tide-Turning-On-Patents yro.slashdot.org] | ||
| + | * [http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/04/monday-miscellany_19.html ipkitten.blogspot.com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.the-source.com/2010/04/patent-absurdity/ www.the-source.com] | ||
| + | * [http://opensource.com/law/10/4/patent-absurdity opensource.com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/04/patent-absurdity-the-movie.html www.patentlyo.com] | ||
* [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2911&blogid=14 Darkness Visible: Making Patent Absurdity Patent], by Glyn Moody | * [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2911&blogid=14 Darkness Visible: Making Patent Absurdity Patent], by Glyn Moody | ||
| + | * [http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/free-software-film-slams-absurdity-of-software-patents-6545 www.eweekeurope.co.uk] | ||
| + | * [http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Patent-Absurdity-documentary-available-as-free-download-981029.html www.h-online.com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.opensource.org/node/518 www.opensource.org] | ||
| + | * [http://techrights.org/2010/04/16/patent-absurdity-is-finally-out/ techrights.org] | ||
| + | * [http://webmink.com/2010/04/16/links-for-2010-04-16/ webmink.com] | ||
| + | * [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/04/patent-absurdity-movie-well-meant-but.html fosspatents.blogspot.com], by [[Florian Mueller]] | ||
| + | * [http://news.swpat.org/2010/04/patent-absurdity/ news.swpat.org] | ||
| + | * [http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/134483/index.html lxer.com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/2010/04/on-software-patent-absurdity/ www.0xdeadbeef.com] | ||
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Revision as of 06:27, 21 April 2010
- To help make subtitles in other languages, see Patently Absurd/Subtitles.
Patent Absurdity: how software patents broke the system is a half-hour film about software patents, published on the 16th of April, 2010.
Contents
The issues raised
Roughly in chronological order:
- Bilksi
- Silly patents - many would call Bilski's patent, and others mentioned, trivial or silly
- Business method patents (Bilski's patent is a business method, not a software idea)
- Software is math (Ben Klemens explains how a "match making" patent, US6,735,568 is just math)
- USA#Legislation
- US Supreme Court
- Analogies - if symphonies had been patented...
- Software progress happens without patents
The court cases mentioned
- (see also: Case law in the USA)
- Diamond v. Diehr (1981, USA)
- Parker v. Flook (1978, USA)
- Gottschalk v. Benson (1972, USA)
- In re Alappat (1994, USA)
- State Street v. Signature Group (1999, USA)
- In re Bilski (2008, USA)
- Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA)
The cast
- James Bessen
- Dan Bricklin
- Peter Brown
- Mishi Choudhary
- Ben Klemens
- Timothy B. Lee
- Eben Moglen
- Ciarán O'Riordan
- Dan Ravicher
- Karen Sandler
- Richard Stallman
- Rob Tiller
- Jesse Vincent
- Mark Webbink
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- List of recordings and transcripts
- Boston swpat conference 2006 videos
- Audio-video patents
- Ogg Theora
External links
- Patent Absurdity home page from where you can watch or download the film.
- The Bilski hearing transcript, as text
Reviews
- www.groklaw.net
- lwn.net
- yro.slashdot.org
- ipkitten.blogspot.com
- www.the-source.com
- opensource.com
- www.patentlyo.com
- Darkness Visible: Making Patent Absurdity Patent, by Glyn Moody
- www.eweekeurope.co.uk
- www.h-online.com
- www.opensource.org
- techrights.org
- webmink.com
- fosspatents.blogspot.com, by Florian Mueller
- news.swpat.org
- lxer.com
- www.0xdeadbeef.com
