Should Facebook be allowed to patent "community translation"?
My blog post on Tuesday about Facebook trying to patent their "community translation" process, which they've been using to crowd-source the translation of their site around the world, really did end up going around the world, thanks to tons of retweets.
The issue even got picked up yesterday by TechCrunch, in a thoughtful post by Jason Kincaid who noted some other sites that have used crowd-sourcing in this way.
Which brings me to the poll of the day below. [Note: The first five people who vote and leave a comment will get a free "BaltTech" magnet for their fridge!]
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Posted by Gus Sentementes at 9:00 AM | Permalink
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Categories: Big Ideas, Social Media, Web Dev & Apps, West Coast
Categories: Big Ideas, Social Media, Web Dev & Apps, West Coast
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When it comes to patents in the software world, all I can think of is Amazon's ludicrous 1-click patent. Really pointless.
Posted by: Paul Capestany | August 27, 2009 9:40 AM
Why not? Don't companies always seek to protect methods they use to make profit, gain competitve advantage, increase market share, and so on?
Posted by: The Localization Girls | August 28, 2009 7:49 AM
Yes, if they can justify/ explain any innovation involved in the tool!
Posted by: Swati | September 3, 2009 12:21 AM
Me and a buddy have decided to team up and create some apps for the app store. And we needed some advice on things people would like to see. So what's better than asking whoever looks at this? So feel free to list things for us to try and create for the iPhone/iPod Touch etc. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!
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Posted by: flona | October 14, 2009 3:47 PM