Patent troll documentary

Click the link above and watch this documentary called "The Patent Scam" (If you have an ad blocker in your web browser, you need to disable it first). You can also access it for free through Amazon Prime Video if you have the membership.

After watching the documentary, please answer the following questions:

1. How does patent trolling work? (you need to walk me through, from the beginning to the end, the steps a patent troll takes to "scam" business owners. You need to elaborate on each step. Hint: the documentary says it all. You just need to watch the documentary and explain steps in your own words)(15 points)

2. List all the solutions the documentary suggests to address the issue of patent trolling? You need to elaborate on each solution. (10 points)

Part 2:

Click the links below and read the following two articles:

https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.businessinsider.sg/instagrammer-arii-2-million-followers-cannot-sell-36-t-shirts-2019-5/ (Links to an external site.)

After reading the two articles, answer the following questions:

1.What is considered as a TRUE fan? how is a TRUE fan different from a regular fan? (5 points)

2. How is the current relationship described by the “1000 true fans” article different from the traditional relationship that content creators/providers (such as ,book authors, musicians and artists, etc.) have with their fans? what enables this new relationships between content creators and their fans? (10 points)

3. From the perspective of "1000 true fans," List two reasons that contribute to the Instagram star's failure of selling 36 T-shirts and analyze them in detail. (10 points)