[CrackMonkey] [owen@ditherati.com: D I T H E R A T I for 26 April 2000]

[Don Marti]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 04:54:42PM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:

> Hmmmmm, how can you fund getting smart IP lawyers to make a living
> _diminishing_ the legally-recognized scope of IP instead of
> _expanding_ it?

IP is Internet Protocol dammit. There's no "Intellectual Property"
mentioned in the Constitution, because there's no such thing.

Now, _patent_ lawyers, that's another story. If a medium to large
company got the repuation of AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKING THE PATENTS of any
patenteer who approached it instead of just licensing any old bogus
patent, it would be like a store that prosecutes shoplifters -- more
expensive per incident, but cheaper in the long run because of the
deterrent. Patent holders would start leaving them alone.

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