Spyke

That wasn't sarcastic, I wondered if patent were registered outside America, and since the patent was clearly mentioning american product it wouldn't seem logical to me.

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Say what you will about his methods (and some of his other ideas), but the man had some good ideas!

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lemmy.world

what is this shit? I warn you I need to know RIGHT NOW or im gonna cry

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Basically, Sony owns a patent that forces you to say the brand name during a commercial break to end said commercial.. it’s from 2019, and it understandably stirred up some controversy back then.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Important context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it's valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.

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Only time, when patent trolling is good, so other companies won't be able to use it, unless they shell out a lot of money to Sony.

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thanks, even the fact that somebody thought about it, and thought that somebody else could do it before them, it's nightmarish

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Ngl if this actually happens im commiting anti corporate terrorism (for legal reasons this is a joke)

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To show proper respect and praise of our cooperate masters

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