Amazon receives patent for studio lighting

[Ed]

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-05/09/amazon-photography-patent

Does KeyShot now owe royalties to Amazon

This is yet another indicator civilization has gone mad.

Ed

[DriesV]

This is yet another indicator civilization has gone mad.

Maybe that's what Amazon is trying to prove?

I'm just trying to see some logic behind the madness.

Dries

[Ed]

Dries,

It is such a ridiculous patent that I have to believe it was done only to prove how insane our patent system has become.

Ed

[hugo]

If I'm not mistaken its the software companies themselves that lobbied for this sheer lunacy of the DMCA.
and typically the lawyers are making a lot of loot from litigating this crap. Example Apple and Samsung

[edwardo]

i just read that article. WTF? I don't get it 

Do Amazon now own 90% of the shots iv churned out of keyshot?

[TpwUK]

Nahhhh it specifically states photography - lol

And even then just changing flash duration or intensity and angle etc should by rights nullify any claim they may present

Martin

[Speedster]

They should refer to Ansel Adams for prior state-of-the-art. I'm co-inventor on close to a hundred patents, and trust me, the Patent and Trademark Office sucks.
Bill G

[Despot]

Patently ridiculous...