Do you think it would be worse if film/music/television/etc. hadn't? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/lessig.html
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/lessig.html> On 14 September 2010 16:12, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/9/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > >> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> If by "knock-offs" you mean copies at the UI level, let me remind you >>> of the Lotus-vs-Borland suit in the early 1990s where it was judged >>> that user interfaces cannot be copyrighted. >>> >> >> And yet, Apple sued HTC a few months ago for infringing on 20+ UI >> patents<http://phandroid.com/2010/03/02/apple-sues-htc-for-patent-infringement/>, >> including "pinch to zoom" (note: patents, not copyrights). >> >> > Do you really think the world would be better if Apple had been able to do > that kind of thing back in the day? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
