Netflix suing Blockbuster

[Reckoner]

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It'll be interesting to see how this plays out (in 3-5 years from now)

 

[SSP]

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

 

[Conky]

Blockbuster should counter sue claiming they invented nationwide video rentals in the first place.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: SSP

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

I thought about posting this earlier when I read it and was going to say the same thing.

The second patent, issued on Tuesday, "covers a method for subscription-based online rental that allows subscribers to keep the DVDs they rent for as long as they wish without incurring any late fees, to obtain new DVDs without incurring additional charges and to prioritize and reprioritize their own personal dynamic queue -- of DVDs to be rented,

Seriously, how is this a patent?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: SSP

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

I thought about posting this earlier when I read it and was going to say the same thing.

The second patent, issued on Tuesday, "covers a method for subscription-based online rental that allows subscribers to keep the DVDs they rent for as long as they wish without incurring any late fees, to obtain new DVDs without incurring additional charges and to prioritize and reprioritize their own personal dynamic queue -- of DVDs to be rented,

Seriously, how is this a patent?

I guess the U.S. Patent Agency doesn't take potential monopolistic practices down the road into account. It's a lame patent that's for sure.

 

[FelixDeCat]

You people are all crazy!

This is America, where I can do whatever-the-f I can to make a quick buck, including abusing and stretching our patent and copyright laws any dam way I please!

If you dont like it, Ill sue damnit!


:laugh:


(I hate crazy people. Too bad theyre a dime a dozen these days.)

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: SSP

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

I thought about posting this earlier when I read it and was going to say the same thing.

The second patent, issued on Tuesday, "covers a method for subscription-based online rental that allows subscribers to keep the DVDs they rent for as long as they wish without incurring any late fees, to obtain new DVDs without incurring additional charges and to prioritize and reprioritize their own personal dynamic queue -- of DVDs to be rented,

Seriously, how is this a patent?

I guess the U.S. Patent Agency doesn't take potential monopolistic practices down the road into account. It's a lame patent that's for sure.

Why wouldn't they be able to patent their system?

patent

 

[KK]

I think the government should break up netflix on account that they are a monopoly based upon their patent.

 

[DivideBYZero]

The US patent system is the suck.

A five year old kid has patented a method of swinging on a swing. :roll:

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: SSP

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

yea meh, they patent absurdly general common sense concepts now.

on patent absurdity
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editor...es/archive/c0401/03c01/03c01.asp&guid=
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983552.html

pretty sure some bastid patented the concept of playing games on a tv or something. let alone online should be called the O'RLY patents

 

[l Xes l]

retardation is severe in this case

 

[MikeMike]

can i get a patent on patenting things?

 

[Eeezee]

If you don't patent it, someone else will.

At the same time, if you don't sue other companies that use your patented ideas, you actually lose your patent. The other company can then apply for the same patent, obtain it, and sue you.

It's a messed up system.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
can i get a patent on patenting things?

i'm so sueing you for posting about patenting patents! i have the patent on posting on patenting patents!

 

[Pepsei]

no, no, if the feds break up ma-netflix, we're going to be stuck with 6 baby-netflixes for local rentals, and the creation of long distance flix companies that charges dime per rental for interstate rentals....

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
If you don't patent it, someone else will.

At the same time, if you don't sue other companies that use your patented ideas, you actually lose your patent. The other company can then apply for the same patent, obtain it, and sue you.

It's a messed up system.

Regardless of whether you sue them, I don't see how a company can obtain a patent for XYZ if a patent for XYZ already exists.

 

[etalns]

I wonder if the patent issuers idea is patented. If not, I should patent it and sue them, then take all the patents that exist and put them in my name... and become rich!

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: SSP

Netflix, which was founded in 1999, holds two U.S. patents for its business methodology, which calls for subscribers to pay a monthly fee to select and rent DVDs from the company's Web site and to maintain a list of titles telling Netflix in which order to ship the films, according to the patents, which were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.

Who the hell grant these retarded patents?

I'm gona patent the way people order pizza's and sue everyone who sell pizza.

I thought about posting this earlier when I read it and was going to say the same thing.

The second patent, issued on Tuesday, "covers a method for subscription-based online rental that allows subscribers to keep the DVDs they rent for as long as they wish without incurring any late fees, to obtain new DVDs without incurring additional charges and to prioritize and reprioritize their own personal dynamic queue -- of DVDs to be rented,

Seriously, how is this a patent?

Blame the retarded ass US patent office. Those morons will patent anything these days.

 

[Malak]

You know in the old days when a spare tire was kept on the side of the car? You know, right in the wheel-well? My uncle has that patent hanging up in his house, only patent we have I think.

 

[Kelemvor]

Could I get a patent for an idea of selling computers online and then go sue everyone? Maybe I can open a shoe store, patent the idea, and then sue every shoe store there is.

This is so stupid it's funny. Sure, they had the idea to rent movies online first, but does that mean no one else can ever rent movies online? How stupid is that? If they force everyone else out then that's called a Monopoly and that's illegal too. What happened to good old competition to force everyone to make their product better and at a lower cost. It's the American way.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

If you had a brilliant idea for a business process that could make you millions, wouldn't you want to protect yourself from other corporations snaking your idea?

I don't necessarily agree with the patent, but I can't blame Netflix for trying to protect themselves.

 

[jlbenedict]

This is America as we know it: Sue sue sue.... greed has taken over our society, and the only important thing is determining how to make a quick buck.. Its downright pathetic

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
This is America as we know it: Sue sue sue.... greed has taken over our society, and the only important thing is determining how to make a quick buck.. Its downright pathetic

How many people even know the first step to take in suing someone? I don't. Corporations have been complaining about our being "sue happy" for a long time. Truth is, they wouldn't have any respect for our rights if we didn't fight for them.

 

[y00ycdz]

What I don't think many of you understand is, that the patent is not simply for "renting movies online" and that's it. It has specifics dealing w/ the queuing system and how netflix will automatically send you a new movie once you return one... I'm not familiar w/ blockbusters system, but the specifics of the system are probably what is being infringed upon, not the simple concept of "renting movies online".

 

[archiloco]

netflix is slow as hell i am considering leaving them.