[ronsor]

This is a thinly veiled extortion racket and any competent system would fine them into bankruptcy.

[mort96]

We need a more efficient way to eliminate bullshit patents or bullshit patent infringement claims than "violate them then spend millions on lawyers to fight them in court".

[brookst]

Sure, and at the same time we need a more efficient way to ensure big companies can’t just take what they want and bury anyone who complains.

It’s not an easy problem.

[voakbasda]

Stop big companies from ever forming. They are not a natural force that cannot be reckoned with. We allow them to exist. Revoke the charters of any business over 500 employees.

[pmontra]

I can see a number of ways to work around that limitation, without even lobbying and bribing. And I'm not even a lawyer or an accountant.

Eventually all the money and power will converge in a few sub 500, or sub 50, companies and nothing will change.

[account42]

Right now we have neither so working on one can't make the other worse.

[extraduder_ire]

Does that happen in places like Europe, where software patents aren't a thing?

[WhyNotHugo]

Eliminate software patents.

[imtringued]

The disgusting part is that they are proud of how complicated and exploitable this patent situation is, acting as if they were the key experts in developing codecs when they are just experts in gating access to them. Like, their entire business model is based on negating the value of the inventions.