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I didn't ask you WHY you were reporting on it. After all, I'm sure you wouldn't bother reporting on it if you didn't think it could accomplish anything. I'm just asking what you think/hope writing about it will accomplish, given the fact that are elected representatives (and pretty much anybody who ends up on a voting ballot) work for the patent holders.

I mean do you envision mass boycotts of these companies, overthrowing the government by force, or what? Basically, instead of posting half a dozen patent rants every week, how about we start talking solutions? "

This is a tech news site. They are here to report the various goings on in the technology world, not to post any given person's idea of what the solution to a given problem may be. That's what blogs and the comments section are for.

I don't see why these extremely obvious things I just typed are so hard for you to comprehend.

So you think it's better he just give up?

Besides, this is a news site, so why does he need a reason to publish news items?

I think you basically summarized it yourself right there.

The more often this ridiculousness shows up in the press, the more people will continue to push back on their public officials to do something about it.

More and more people I know are becoming familiar with the patent lawsuits and how harmful they are to consumers. If every blog and news site keeps ramming this down people's throats, they have no choice but to become informed.

The more often they see it, the more often they'll think about it.

Stop pretending the world doesn't work this way.

FWIW, I read almost every article about this topic, even though I'm already extremely familiar with it - and I hope to get some tidbit of information out of each one that I can use to educate myself and others on the intricacies - so stuff it.

I think there might a point of diminishing returns somewhere there, a "good enough" one (generally, wasting one bit of life here, another there...)