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		lotu on Sept 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rackspace accused of patent infringement for hosti... Many people in large technology companies are threatened by software patentes, and spend lots of time and money defending and preparing to defend against them. Were these people (who are among the richest in the world) left out of the controlling congress conspiracy club?

api on Sept 20, 2012 [–]

Yes. Congress is made up mostly of lawyers, who get rich off such nonsense.

It's also largely controlled by old money and Eastern money, not nuevo riche California tech money.

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