Does prior art mean anything with the US First to File system?
Is anyone looking through old DVD or VHS videos of Yoga lessons, or through Youtube (or similar) video sites?
This strikes me as another reason why DMCA is bad. Backing up an old VHS tape might require breaking the macrovision copy protection. Yet it's important to keep this old stuff around because it might be useful in cases like this.
"Does prior art mean anything with the US First to File system?"
Yes, first to file is about what happens when two people invent the same thing within the same year, not about "first guy to ever file something gets a patent".
Is anyone looking through old DVD or VHS videos of Yoga lessons, or through Youtube (or similar) video sites?
This strikes me as another reason why DMCA is bad. Backing up an old VHS tape might require breaking the macrovision copy protection. Yet it's important to keep this old stuff around because it might be useful in cases like this.