http://williamfrantz.com/wp/50 Stuff you can't live without Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:08:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://williamfrantz.com/wp/50/comment-page-1#comment-67 William Frantz Wed, 25 May 2005 20:22:41 +0000 #comment-67 <p>Patent Jurassic Park? No, it's protected by copywrite. I'm not sure I understand this comment. It's not like you could take a handycam to your backyard and film a story similar yet slightly different from Jurassic Park which would have any impact on Steven Spielberg's revenues. Unlike compression algorithms, people aren't stumped by the enigma of making dinosaur movies. The major costs for Jurassic Park are in the production and distribution rather than the research. Converserly, inventing a protocol requires considerable research and practically zero production and distribution costs.</p> Patent Jurassic Park? No, it’s protected by copywrite. I’m not sure I understand this comment. It’s not like you could take a handycam to your backyard and film a story similar yet slightly different from Jurassic Park which would have any impact on Steven Spielberg’s revenues. Unlike compression algorithms, people aren’t stumped by the enigma of making dinosaur movies. The major costs for Jurassic Park are in the production and distribution rather than the research. Converserly, inventing a protocol requires considerable research and practically zero production and distribution costs.

]]> http://williamfrantz.com/wp/50/comment-page-1#comment-62 Charles Sun, 15 May 2005 20:43:34 +0000 #comment-62 <p>That is to say that since a colossal movie like, say, Jurassic Park, requires a lot of work and huge investments, it should be patented.</p> That is to say that since a colossal movie like, say, Jurassic Park, requires a lot of work and huge investments, it should be patented.

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