It's a bit of old news, but I've nothing else to write about so here goes. About a week ago, Apple tried to file a patent for its iPod interface software. However, the Jobs and Co. were unable to succesfully complete the transaction because the patent had already been granted... to Microsoft. Now Apple is forced to pay a licensing fee on every iPod ever sold.

Now, I'm no patent lawyer, but it seems logical that in order to obtain a patent you should have a working prototype or some proof you've come up with this thing or idea. Microsoft did not have an mp3 player in 2002 (when the patent was awarded). Yet here they are, clutching the patent and holding every iPod out there for ransom.

This is extortion, plain and simple. Billy and Steve-o saw this one coming a mile away, and are milking Apple for all they can get. It's insane. Apple developed the iPod. Whether it was insanely original or not, Apple also developed the iPod interface. Yet Microsoft was able to patent something they had no hand in whatsoever, and will make billions off every iPod ever sold.

Of course, Seattle Sleaze didn't get to be where they are through ethical business practices.
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