Patent Absurdity

von Stefan Meretz am 21. April 2010, 08:50 Uhr

[1]The movie Patent Absurdity [2] is based on a series of interviews conducted during the Supreme Court’s review of »in re Bilski« [3] — a case that could have profound implications for the patenting of software in the US. The most impressive movie part is the acoustical demonstration (27:45–28:33) of Richard Stallman’s illustration (16:26–17:45) of what would have happened to Beethoven’s symphony when they have had patents on musical elements in Beethoven’s times.

The movie was released unter CC BY-ND license allowing copying and (commercial) usage, but disallow publication of derivative works. The movie can be watched here [4] or downloaded here in free OGG format [5]. Subtitles are partly available here [6]. [via [7]-via [8]-via [9]]

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[1] Bild: http://www.keimform.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/stallman.jpg

[2] Patent Absurdity: http://patentabsurdity.com/

[3] »in re Bilski«: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Bilski_overview

[4] watched here: http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html

[5] downloaded here in free OGG format: http://patentabsurdity.com/download.html

[6] here: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patently_Absurd/Subtitles

[7] via: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Dokumentarfilm-Patent-Absurdity-als-kostenloser-Download-980854.html

[8] via: http://www.pro-linux.de/NB3/news/1/15568/dokumentarfilm-gegen-softwarepatente.html

[9] via: http://www.gulli.com/news/-patent-absurdity-neuer-dokumentarfilm-per-cc-lizenz-2010-04-20

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