tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post219910283557973201..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: Got a nav bar? Then PAY UP BITCHES! [brit]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-64019036247208564772003-01-22T20:03:00.002+00:002003-01-22T20:03:00.002+00:00Well Afty, all high-tech industries are an IP mine...Well Afty, all high-tech industries are an IP minefield really. It doesn't really discourage entreprenaurs from starting businesses because they will rarely be pounced on for IP violations.<br><br>You see, a holder of good IP wants businesses to start up and success in exploiting that IP. Then they come knocking and demand a big fat backdated license fee.<br><br>Not saying I necessarily agree Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-79553168376689124752003-01-22T20:03:00.001+00:002003-01-22T20:03:00.001+00:00And the Americans wonder why there is a tech reces...And the Americans wonder why there is a tech recession? I feel a major factor is that people with brains are fscking off elswhere to industries that aren't such a legal minefield, leaving only dumbasses to sweat it out for a few years with a product before having to fork over profits + damages to some guy in Palo Alto who thought of something completely different (yet strikingly obvious) and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-32316035383551102462003-01-22T20:03:00.000+00:002003-01-22T20:03:00.000+00:00Doubtless this will be as successful as BT's 'disc...Doubtless this will be as successful as BT's 'discovery' that they had patented the hyperlink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com