EFF gets $0.5 million from 'Notch', Mark Cuban to fight patent abuse
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Dec 2012 21:13 UTC
Legal "America's broken patent system needs major reform to protect innovators and the public. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is announcing a major new boost to its patent work: a half-million dollars in funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban and game developer Markus 'Notch' Persson." Notch putting his money where his mouth is. Classy guy. Even if a creeper literally just blew up the front of my house.
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Not to look a gift horse in the mouth ...
by Hypnos on Thu 20th Dec 2012 03:17 UTC
Hypnos
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2008-11-19

But $500k is roughly one lawyer-year, including overhead.

A $10M donation would sustain another lawyer indefinitely, and then we'd be talking.

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Alfman Member since:
2011-01-28

Hypnos,

I agree with you it's a drop in the bucket compared to what they're up against. For every attorney on payroll to stop bad patents, there are probably 100-1000 being paid to push them through. It's still very generous of them to contribute to the EFF and help step up the fight against bad patents, which are overtaking the industry.

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Lawyers
by MOS6510 on Thu 20th Dec 2012 08:22 UTC
MOS6510
Member since:
2011-05-12

Maybe they should fix lawyer rates first.

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RE: Lawyers
by Brendan on Thu 20th Dec 2012 10:29 UTC in reply to "Lawyers"
Brendan Member since:
2005-11-16

Hi,

Maybe they should fix lawyer rates first.


Yes - we should file a class action against all lawyers! The only thing we need is someone willing to take on the case... ;-)

-Brendan

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RE[2]: Lawyers
by MOS6510 on Thu 20th Dec 2012 11:35 UTC in reply to "RE: Lawyers"
MOS6510 Member since:
2011-05-12

I suspect if the money is right real lawyers would gladly give it a go!

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RE[3]: Lawyers
by Soulbender on Mon 24th Dec 2012 05:36 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Lawyers"
Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

Wouldn't real lawyers give it a go regardless?

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RE: Lawyers
by kwan_e on Thu 20th Dec 2012 11:11 UTC in reply to "Lawyers"
kwan_e Member since:
2007-02-18

Maybe they should fix lawyer rates first.


Too bad Shakespeare possessed you only for half a second.

Edited 2012-12-20 11:17 UTC

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RE: Lawyers
by Bill Shooter of Bul on Thu 20th Dec 2012 16:20 UTC in reply to "Lawyers"
Bill Shooter of Bul Member since:
2006-07-14

Lawyers are like doctors in the US. They all get paid very well, but some more than others. And schooling is incredibly expensive. Right now, in the US, law schools are graduating more than law firms are hiring. There is a downward pressure on their salaries.

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