Amazon Wins Patent for Photography Against a White Background!

If we didn't already have enough evidence that the U.S. Patent system is very broken, we do now...

US Patent Office Grants 'Photography Against A White Background' Patent To Amazon http://t.co/934isAVPAN via @Techdirt Thx @amazon !
— Jeff Sullivan Photo (@JeffSullPhoto) May 18, 2014

Amazon's Audacious Photography Patent http://t.co/noZkD6LIKL #colbertreport via @comedycentral @StephenAtHome
— Jeff Sullivan Photo (@JeffSullPhoto) May 18, 2014

Wait, did Amazon just patent photography? http://t.co/OzFUaAH09C #settledownBezos
— Jeff Sullivan Photo (@JeffSullPhoto) May 18, 2014

Amazon sells photography gear using its patent on photography? How meta https://t.co/aMbXa3jSr1 #settledownbezos
— Jeff Sullivan Photo (@JeffSullPhoto) May 18, 2014