According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law.

“Broadly, I don’t disagree with the many online complaints about these Nintendo patents,” said Sigmon, whose opinions do not represent those of his firm and clients. “They have been an embarrassing failure of the US patent system.”

  • Doomsider@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    3 hours ago

    99+% of art is never sold. The vast majority of artist don’t make money. Who really cares about the extreme minority who use capitalism to control our culture. They don’t get to decide what the rest of the world does purely for their economic interests.

    No they don’t need any mechanism. The arts and sciences existed for thousands of years without modern silly interpretations for commercial interests.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      3 hours ago

      So for the artists that created works but did not sell them, you believe that they would be fine with someone else photocopying it and then selling it themselves?

      Sorry I’m not a head in the clouds, utopian. I try to base my beliefs in plausible reality.

      • Doomsider@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        2 hours ago

        Yes. Art is interative. You don’t even understand how art works that is how stupid you are.

        Save me the utopia bullshit all I here is someone licking boots. What does it taste like?

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          2 hours ago

          Why are y’all so fucking rude?

          I’m a bootlicker because I don’t think getting rid of the concept of intellectual property completely is a good idea.

          Ok Bud

          And you know nothing about me and whether or not I’m a musician or an artist, so you shouldn’t assume.

          But I know for a fact that most artists would not be fucking ok with someone photocopying their work (that they didn’t sell) for profit.

          I know this because it literally already fucking happens, and artists hate it.

          • Doomsider@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            2 hours ago

            You think every artist is a selfish asshole like you. That is just called projecting.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 hours ago

              You are incapable of good faith discussion.

              Hope you get help for your anger issues. Have a good weekend.

              • Doomsider@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 hour ago

                You come here spewing your apologetic capitalist bullshit and you say I am engaging in bad faith?

                Hope you get help with your bootlicking.