Patento.absurdium

The DMCA is an overwrought, overly burdensome, ill-conceived piece of protectionist legislation -- one that suffers the fundamental flaw of attempting to regulate specific technologies rather than behaviors. But this is the right move. 2600's reputation and public persona would have doomed the case.

Mainstream America and organizations need to vote with their pocketbooks, and need to inform their legislators that the Internet is not about business opportunities for Hollywood. 2600 and EFF have fired the first shots, but they can't win the war. It's time for the rest of us to step up.

Hacker Mag 2600 Drops DMCA Fight. SiliconValley.Internet.com Jul 4 2002 1:27AM ET [Moreover - IP and patents news]

On-line Print Services and Print Patents

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Cafepress.com lets you design and sell swag for your company, your blog, or your company blog. Upload your graphics, pick the product mix, set the price, link back. They appear to produce and sell ad specialities on demand. High margin stuff for them. I don't know about quality. Maybe I'll buy something and see.

VistaPrint of Waltham, MA has a lot of online print goods. Price grid is confusing but looks like 250 4/1 cards for under $30. What is the difference between the different business card levels? And why does the site only support MSIE. Bad.

Frank found a patent they list -- No. 6,247,011 -- and they claim over 1 million customers. Looks like another silly printing process patent.

Update: I found this on while searching for info on the patent Digital-Net and Insty-Prints.