Software Patentability: THE example!
Amazon has receive a Patent for his software logic (Please, Europe, do not do it!!!!) that can show you how dangerous Software Patents should be…
Ok, let’s immagine your brand new web site. Immagine your on-line store where you sell… T-Shirt! Ok, are you ready? Well, when a user access to your site you keep track of what he look at.
Hey, he’s looking only at the Blue T-Shirt
Data: your customer likes blue!
Hey, he’s looking to the Medium size only!
Data: your customer is wearing a medium size!
Hey, he continue looking to the Tech Junkie shirts!
Data: he likes technology related shirt!
Ok, one day you decide to try to sell more than you do now, and when the user log in you take the informations you have in your data and find that you have a discounted “blue” “medium” shirt with the logo of the “EFF”. PERFECT, YOU PROPOSE IT TO HIM!
BEEEPPPP!!!!!
Hey, do u know that, indifferently from your codig tecnique, you have violated a law?
Yes, you have stolen the Amazon Idea!
And PLEASE, do not smile or laugh, because it’s true. Amazon has a new patent about this thing. You cannot act like them, you cant analyze your customers preferences to propose them something similar, because it is a software patented idea!
BANG!
Think well, my firends, because sooner or later someone will try to lock our world.
SAY NO TO SOFTWARE PATENTABILITY, SAY YES TO FREEDOM OF IDEAS!
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