Microsoft patents human body as a network
Jul. 6th, 2004 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenI lifted this link from Neil Gaiman's blog. It is mind-boggling that Microsoft has the chutzpah to *patent* this. I mean, how can it really be patentable? WTF?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1254911,00.html
Some civil liberties groups have expressed concern over Microsoft's move. "Body parts, in this case skin, should not be in any way patentable," said Jim Thomas of the ETC group, which monitors developments in technology. "There are big questions here about whether individuals will be able to refuse this technology if it is used in, for example, tracking devices."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1254911,00.html
Some civil liberties groups have expressed concern over Microsoft's move. "Body parts, in this case skin, should not be in any way patentable," said Jim Thomas of the ETC group, which monitors developments in technology. "There are big questions here about whether individuals will be able to refuse this technology if it is used in, for example, tracking devices."