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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the patent is from 2009 https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Important context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it's valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Only time, when patent trolling is good, so other companies won't be able to use it, unless they shell out a lot of money to Sony.