Patents continue to get further out of hand - Microsoft Seeks to Patent "Hot or Not?"

I acknowledge the HOT OR NOT site itself could claim copyright protection, though I think copyright protection lasts far too long (twenty years is long enough for a copyright owner to make their money .. no one invents/creates etc. an idea for profits past two decades. Therefore, allowing copyright to last beyond twenty years does nothing to catalyze creativity.

I digress. Microsoft is trying to PATENT the idea behind HOT OR NOT, meaning any similar site would have to pay royalties to M$ for their site.

That's so stupid on it's face I don't even have to argue it here, but it could happen.

Call you people in Congress, people.

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