Re: FLASH: Ethics on this list

[Antoine Valot]

Roger Heath wrote:

> 

> Reply to: Laura Mollett


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> Everything starts as an idea. <g>


Everything starts as an aphorism. <gg>


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> A method

> patent covers what you describe above whereby you use a particular

> formula or computer code to produce particular results. A structure

> patent is quite different. Here you are quite literally acquiring

> rights to actual physical structure of your invention, or idea.


Hey, Amazon has patented, as a "business idea", their "One click

shopping", and hold it up in court, even though they didn't invent it

themselves. So I'm going to go patent the "One click music toggle button

in Flash" and you guys will soon be paying me licensing fees up the

nose! Oh, and why don't I go patent the Preloader, the Back Button, and

the "On Release/Tell Target" piece of code! Ahaha! My fortune is done!


> L> Everything there, of course, is subject to the judge's interpretation  

> Or a jury's interpretation.... <g>


Let's face it: It's a shark's world out there. If you have a truly great

idea, share it as much as you want with your pet rock, but don't tell a

breathing soul until you have their signature on a Non-Disclosure

Agreement drafted by Satan himself. 


The truth is that the big money gets the big ideas, whether they buy

them or steal them (No, I didn't explicitly name Microsoft as an example

in that sentence!) 


So find big money, make em sign an NDA, and sell your idea. Be careful

that they don't just offer to rent your brain, hire you: If it's the

idea they want, the lease on you might get real short-lived.


Anyway, if it's that big, you should work non-stop until you have enough

of a prototype to patent, copyright, and sell. Then go find a good

lawyer, and brace yourself.


> There is something new under the sun every day. Every invention begins

> and ends as one persons great idea. The whole purpose of intellectual

> property laws is to protect someone's rights to their original and

> unique ideas.

> 

> http://www.timestream.com/stuff/neatstuff/mmlaw.html

> 

> I still think this is the best guide for multimedia developers and

> artists on the web...

> 

> --

> bcnu

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>

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