[Free-sklyarov-uk] Bruce Perens

[Ian Firla]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Jim Peters wrote:

> Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> > > Actually, recently, with this whole JPEG thing, it is a shame that
> > > Forgent don't appear to have a UK office we could protest outside.
> >
> > Surely they do not have a patent in this country?
>
> But won't we be affected in any case if they get their way?  The ISO
> drops it as a standard, the entire digitial-imaging industry fumbles
> around either paying up or adopting a new image format, browsers have
> to be updated, tools rewritten, and so on and so on.

Cheaper just to stump up the $16 mil USD that Sony has done, eh?

And there's the rub. These idiotic laws defending speculative patent grabs
and various copyright "issues" hurt everyone except those who are greedy
enough to abuse and exploit them.

That's why I'm completely intolerant of using gear / software made by
companies who flaut these laws. Using their products supports their
methods.

Ian