I Call the Patent on Ass-Whuppin’!!!
June 24th, 2003
Remember when you were a kid and you could say things like, “I call first turn on the Atari when we get back home from Putt-putt!” And the rest of your nine-year old crew would respond, “Awww, man! But I guess we gotta give it to him. I mean, he called it first.”
Apparently patent law has devolved nearly to the point of “calling” things, as evidenced by the report that Netflix now has a patent on subscription-based DVD rental, as opposed to per-unit DVD rental. [link via Slashdot]
Sheesh. Somebody needs to take James Rogan out back and whup his ass.
I call the patent on ass-whuppin’!!!