- From: Jenny Ashman <weazeldotcom@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:53:48 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
So let's see- we will next be charged for our time on the web- hmmm- the companies will patent holders of technology. Now the web will not be a bed of innovations. It will now be a "commercial property". This reminds me of the pharmaceutical companies making patents on genes. Just breathing and using those genes in your own body could constitute patent infringement. The success of the web has always been PEOPLE. PEOPLE started it, people used it. It developed with the knowledge and assistance of PEOPLE. PEOPLE and general usage decides where the web goes, not companies. Everyday, I decide what technologies to use for myself. I do not want the commercial companies to TELL me what technology I can and cannot use. Just like natural selection, the new programs are written by PEOPLE who have the CHOICE to make their technology FREE or PATENT. The better technology will prevail, whether FREE OR PATENT. We as PEOPLE are TIRED of the web becoming commercial. The advertisements jammed down our throats is becoming tiring. If I would have to PAY (not only my ISP) but other companies to use the web, I would STOP using it. I would pay to use the web IF----ONLY IF!!!! I would NEVER be subjected to another advertisement, no pop-unders, no pop-overs, spyware would disappear, spam would completely disappear, banner ads would be banished, and all commercialism would completely disappear. Since you are considering making us pay for all technologies, I believe that advertising would EXPLODE! I would probably have to watch an hour-long "commercial" program just to sign on to the web. Access to the web- by poor people would be cut off- by people putting up their "family" site would be cut off- by people who write programs for fun would be cut off. The web would shrink to the size of commercial sites only. If that is the case, no one would WANT to go on the web, and commercialism would also collapse. Do NOT rule in favor of this patent. It will DESTROY the web. Not right away, but it WILL destroy it. Jennifer Ashman _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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