On: Amazon granted patent for taking photos against a white background

[zhuzhuor]

It seems the patent has four inventors, but tinasu isn't one of them. Where did you get the name from?

[neom → zhuzhuor]

It's an extrapolation from my research, I could be wrong, but I'd be willing to bet I'm not (if i'm wrong, I'll happily apologized many times over).

[ronaldx → neom]

"Extrapolation" is not an acceptable reason to offer someone up for public shaming.

If you are wrong, any number of apologies would not cover you for this: you are making a direct public attack on someone who might well be an innocent party.

The way you have written it is potentially libellous - libel is illegal (perhaps even in the USA) for a reason.

[aw3c2 → neom]

Don't gamble with accusations please. Do that on your own turf if you must but don't drag HN into a witch hunt.

[neom → aw3c2]

Fair, fair.. buttttt...

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremy-sawatzky/6/8a/461 is almost certinly one of those who "invited" the parent, if you look at the side on linkedin, Tina is the CEO he works with, also works at amazon, and Christina = Tina, so it's not like it's a wildly unthought out comment, I did put some logic behind the claim.

But yes, I do agree it's bad practice.

[middleclick → neom]

Then why do it at all? You are making lots of suppositions and public shaming of individuals never does any good.

[neom → middleclick]

I'm not a lawyer, so I really have no clue if this is accurate AT ALL, but.. is amazon the only one who can impose the patent infringement claim or can the inventors also? I also ask because, if they are the people who invented it, and they can, it seems they have gone off and started a photo/imaging company... that's a little troubling no?