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Amazon owns social networking system
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00:14 -0800
Except that Friendster owns social networking. Amazon now owns a patent that seems to cover anything to do with social networking. Except that, prior to that, Friendster got a patent which seems to be similarly all-inclusive. http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/amazon-patents-social-networking-system/ OK, just how stupid can the patent system become? (Does this mean Facebook is even more of an IP thief than previously?) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth. - Dave Barry victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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