Comments for Barry Law - DC government contracts, licensing, cyberlaw and intellectual property attorney http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com Does your lawyer speak tech? Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.7 Comment on Mommy, Can I Jailbreak the Coffee Maker? by Jon Callas on Facebook http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/2014/03/04/mommy-can-i-jailbreak-the-coffee-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:06:18 +0000 http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/?p=1540#comment-7 I confess, however, that I believe the right way to deal with this is not to jailbreak the coffee maker, but not to buy one.

]]> Comment on Mommy, Can I Jailbreak the Coffee Maker? by Mikki Barry http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/2014/03/04/mommy-can-i-jailbreak-the-coffee-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 04:18:49 +0000 http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/?p=1540#comment-6 Hopefully they won’t try to make that illegal too. Remember how long it took for the Library of Congress to finally determine that jailbreaking the iPhone wasn’t illegal. Of course, you’re taking a risk whenever you take your toys apart, but at least it won’t be a fineable or jailable risk.

]]> Comment on Mommy, Can I Jailbreak the Coffee Maker? by Steve Clark on Facebook http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/2014/03/04/mommy-can-i-jailbreak-the-coffee-maker/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:56:36 +0000 http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/?p=1540#comment-5 Now I want one to hack.

]]> Comment on Interesting Antitrust Issue – DOJ v. Apple by Mikki Barry http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/2012/04/13/interesting-antitrust-issue-doj-v-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:25:39 +0000 http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/?p=678#comment-4 Very interesting points, Dan. However, one point I’d like to make is that Antitrust laws were originally created to prevent monopolistic behavior. Apple does not have a monopoly, nor even close to a monopoly in either the computer field or the electronic books field. Should their conduct be governed to the extent that an Amazon or a Microsoft’s would?

Here’s another point of view from Slate regarding the issue and their take on it.

Agreed that this will be very interesting to watch.

]]> Comment on Interesting Antitrust Issue – DOJ v. Apple by danwinfield http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/2012/04/13/interesting-antitrust-issue-doj-v-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:24:07 +0000 http://www.barrylawfirmpc.com/?p=678#comment-3 This is a complex issue that requires examination of the activities of both sides (Amazon and Apple) to get the full picture of just what has been going on with the publishing world, so I am going to sit on the fence and watch the action. All that said, however…

I find it a bit humorous for a company like Apple, who keeps a strict stranglehold on their entire ecosystem and discourages any kind of competition, to whine about “Amazon’s monopolistic grip.” Seems rather disingenuous, and more than a little hypocritical.

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