Must be a slow Tech news day for and old story making the round again.
Apple Patents Technology To Disable iPhone Cameras At Concerts
Jason Snell chimed in and said:
I hope this is one patent Apple puts in the drawer and never, ever implements.
Then Gruber said:
This must be patent anything you can get a patent for patent.
Déjà vu! I remembered reading abou this some years ago.
Patently Apple on June 02, 2011:
This example could easily apply to movie theatres trying to stop customers from filming a movie for illegal distribution or any kind of music concert to protect an artist’s image from being photographed or videoed illegally
Even back then a lot of us agreed that this is just like what Gruber just said.
To quote Bad Religion:
Strewn about the battlefield of life are the remainders of history.
When convenient, we exalt them and pay them such respect,
As if we’re all in an equivalent trajectory.
Apparently a lot of people can easily forget.
