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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Patents [video]

46 points by antileet 11y ago

Paul_S 11y ago
Video not available in my country. Would be more ironic if the segment was about distribution laws.
- brohee 11y ago
  It's not. It's pretty informative on patent trolls, with people like the Rackspace general counsel being interviewed and calling it an extortion game.
- Zecc 11y ago
  Sometimes rewriting the URL helps. See if this works for you: https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bxcc3SM_KA https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bxcc3SM_KA
  - Paul_S 11y ago
    Nope, that only works for bypassing the requirement to login for age restricted videos.
- biehl 11y ago
  Interesting - what country are you in? It is available in Denmark.
- captn3m0 11y ago
  Blocked in 4 countries: AU GB IM JE. [0] Someone posted this tool for the last John Oliver video (Snowden's Interview). Some more digging finds that: >Apparently Foxtel has the rights to the show in Australia, so the clips get region-restricted there. The show airs on Sky Atlantic in the UK, but the YouTube clips are unrestricted there after the show airs [1] [0]: http://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3bxcc3SM_KA http://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2F... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2z7pu7/last_week_tonight_with_john_oliver_the_ncaa_hbo/cphfjlg https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2z7pu7/last_week_to...
- Inufu 11y ago
  https://vid.me/65Qw https://vid.me/65Qw
- denzil_correa 11y ago
  Try Hola unblocker
- DyslexicAtheist 11y ago
  try proxtube add-on. it tries IP's from various countries until it finds one that works EDIT: https://proxtube.com/ https://proxtube.com/
mpercy 11y ago
John does a good job of explaining the difference between software patents and traditional hardware patents to the layperson. He notes that while hardware patents are usually very specific, software patents can be so general as to cover ideas that the patent holder "had never even dreamed of". He also strongly implies that the US Innovation Act <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Act> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Act>, after being passed by the House, was killed in the Senate by lobbyists representing trial lawyers.

46 points by antileet 11y ago

Paul_S 11y ago

Video not available in my country. Would be more ironic if the segment was about distribution laws.

brohee 11y ago
It's not. It's pretty informative on patent trolls, with people like the Rackspace general counsel being interviewed and calling it an extortion game.
Zecc 11y ago
Sometimes rewriting the URL helps. See if this works for you: https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bxcc3SM_KA https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bxcc3SM_KA
- Paul_S 11y ago
  Nope, that only works for bypassing the requirement to login for age restricted videos.
biehl 11y ago
Interesting - what country are you in? It is available in Denmark.
captn3m0 11y ago
Blocked in 4 countries: AU GB IM JE. [0] Someone posted this tool for the last John Oliver video (Snowden's Interview). Some more digging finds that: >Apparently Foxtel has the rights to the show in Australia, so the clips get region-restricted there. The show airs on Sky Atlantic in the UK, but the YouTube clips are unrestricted there after the show airs [1] [0]: http://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3bxcc3SM_KA http://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2F... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2z7pu7/last_week_tonight_with_john_oliver_the_ncaa_hbo/cphfjlg https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2z7pu7/last_week_to...
Inufu 11y ago
https://vid.me/65Qw https://vid.me/65Qw
denzil_correa 11y ago
Try Hola unblocker
DyslexicAtheist 11y ago
try proxtube add-on. it tries IP's from various countries until it finds one that works EDIT: https://proxtube.com/ https://proxtube.com/

mpercy 11y ago

John does a good job of explaining the difference between software patents and traditional hardware patents to the layperson. He notes that while hardware patents are usually very specific, software patents can be so general as to cover ideas that the patent holder "had never even dreamed of". He also strongly implies that the US Innovation Act <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Act> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Act>, after being passed by the House, was killed in the Senate by lobbyists representing trial lawyers.