000100 04-software-patents_wmp_a_16.wma 000000 ERIK SCHMIDT: So is there any underlying purpose to get rid of the software patents completely? 000005 I noticed that you're focusing on software patents with this top ten list. 000011 JASON SCHULTZ: It's not necessarily the focus of the project to get rid of software patents completely. 000016 Some people have misconstrued the Patent Busting Project as being anti-patent. 000020 It's more of anti-bad patent that it's trying to get at the troublesome ones. 000026 But I think in the field of software patents, that's where you find some of the most troubling situations. 000034 Where people have really patented methods of communication, methods of connecting with people on a political level, methods of teaching 000043 and these are things that perhaps shouldn't be patented. 000046 And I think that's also a subject for debate. 000048 This particular project is not aimed at destroying software patents as a whole. 000052 But EFF is certainly concerned with the scope of software patents around average everyday behaviors and socially beneficial behaviors.