Author: Leon

A large collection of ugly sweaters offered by ShopGoodwill.com surprised me. Devoloution is real.

** Ugly / Festive Holiday Sweaters **

shopgoodwill.com is the first Internet auction site created, owned and operated by a nonprofit organization. It was created and is operated by Goodwill of Orange County (Santa Ana, CA). Participating Goodwill’s from across the country offer for auction on the site a wide array of art, antiques and collectibles as well as new and nearly new items pulled from their vast inventories of donated goods. From unique one-of-a-kind items to estate pieces, the depth of resources is enormous. Revenues from these auction sales fund Goodwill’s education, training and job placement programs for people with disabilities and other barriers.

The concept of mashups has reached a new pinnacle. We’ve gone governments reporting Onion articles as truth.  We’ve gone beyond ridiculous patents.  Now we have large software companies applying to patent ideas from satirical sites. And yes, this probably counts as prior art–not that it’s any guarantee to stop the patent from being awarded.

Copyright Industry Madness Takes Six Years To Catch Up With The Worst Satire Of It – Falkvinge on Infopolicy

Six years ago, a satire site wrote a story about how the copyright industry wanted more money if you invited friends to watch a movie in your living room. This notion has now been patented in new technology: automated headcounts coming to a living room near you, to enable new forms of restrictions. Apparently, the copyright industry takes six years to catch up with the very worst satire of it.

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