Re: OT: Amazon Patents
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texte = I noticed something at this guys site. He has a list of alternative book sellers on his site, so he is he getting paid through an affiliates program for all those sites? Their linked with a .cgi so the true path is hidden. I bet he is and his site is just a scam for refferals, as there really isn't too much info there.sorry if I'm wasting time I'm just a very skeptical person. >I caught wind of this too, more details can be found at: >http://www.noamazon.com > > > >>Hey folks, >> Amazon has decided that it wants to own the patents on such trivial >>applications as using cookies to store customer state and most recently the >>concept of an associates program. These are just basic coding constructs >>that many of us use in our e-commerce sites all the time. Their patented >>1-click shopping is nothing more than using a cookie to store customer ID >>for later retrieval. Yet the patent office has granted them the patent and >>Amazon has promised to enforce it. Most recently, the patent office has >>granted them a patent on their associates program. What will be next? I >>urge everyone to sign the open letter to Amazon at the O'Reilly web site >>(http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.html). If this keeps up, >>Amazon will hold the patent on all the innovative ways we have come to use >>Webcatalog in building e-commerce apps. Do you use a one-click ordering >>system on your site? Amazon can *shut your site down* right now. >> >>Just a heads up, >> >>Mike >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >>To end your Mail problems go to
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I noticed something at this guys site. He has a list of alternative book sellers on his site, so he is he getting paid through an affiliates program for all those sites? Their linked with a .cgi so the true path is hidden. I bet he is and his site is just a scam for refferals, as there really isn't too much info there.sorry if I'm wasting time I'm just a very skeptical person. >I caught wind of this too, more details can be found at: >http://www.noamazon.com > > > >>Hey folks, >> Amazon has decided that it wants to own the patents on such trivial >>applications as using cookies to store customer state and most recently the >>concept of an associates program. These are just basic coding constructs >>that many of us use in our e-commerce sites all the time. Their patented >>1-click shopping is nothing more than using a cookie to store customer ID >>for later retrieval. Yet the patent office has granted them the patent and >>Amazon has promised to enforce it. Most recently, the patent office has >>granted them a patent on their associates program. What will be next? I >>urge everyone to sign the open letter to Amazon at the O'Reilly web site >>(http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/amazon_patent.html). If this keeps up, >>Amazon will hold the patent on all the innovative ways we have come to use >>Webcatalog in building e-commerce apps. Do you use a one-click ordering >>system on your site? Amazon can *shut your site down* right now. >> >>Just a heads up, >> >>Mike >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >>To end your Mail problems go to . >> >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > > >Christopher Feyrer >System Administrator >FoodSpot.com >chris@foodspot.com >------------------- >PGP 6.x key available. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >To end your Mail problems go to . > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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