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Originally posted by spazlabz@Oct 19 2003, 08:07 AM
FTP, I have been following this issue for awhile now so I jumped right in here as soon as I saw a new post on the subject. But the title of the thread is kind of misleading isn't it?
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The titling of the thread was intentional to get people's attention who normally might otherwise skip over ones with Acacia in them.
The title is not misleading... Congress enacted the Patent Laws that give Acacia and other patent abuse holders the right to use Civil Law to "convince" people to license their patents.
I am not saying that i am anti-patents.. patents have their place, especially ones that are narrow and very specific, and instead of broad.
Since Acacia is claiming a 2% of GROSS on revenue, it's no different than IRS asking for 21+% on taxes (tho IRS allows for deductions).
Since Congress created both the IRS and USPTO, the indirect conclusion, tho admittly sensationalized to bring attention, is that Congress does support a tax on Adult Websites.
I realize it's like play 6 Degrees of separation of Kevin Bacon, but I felt that more attention needs to be drawn to this subject, and maybe approaching from a different tactic, ie taxes, would get people involved... afterall, the tax man cometh for all.
Fight the Patent!