Patents

Patents have increasingly become an issue in the information age as patents are granted in more and more areas which formerly were held to be "unpatentable", such as software, ideas, and knowledge of causal relationships.

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• 2006-09-08 No Happy Ending for Net Movie Renters (slashdot): Netflix sues Blockbuster for stealing the concept of renting movies over the Internet
• 2006-08-18 Court order to shut down DISH DVRs blocked: video time-shifting is apparently patented?
• 2006-03-19 This Essay Breaks the Law by Michael Crichton (slashdot)
• 2005-10-26 Patents Kill by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet