Patent Scare Hits Streaming Industry
John Borland,
Cnet,
Feb 06, 2003
Yet another patent shakedown is underway, this time by a small company called Acacia which claims to hold the patent for streaming media over the internet. "It's extortion," Roe said. "It's just another example of someone seeking to extend patents for an old technology to...cover completely new technology. It's absurd." What really bother me is that companies pay these people; Radio Free Virgin, for example, decided it was cheaper to pay than to fight. Oh, and in case you think Acacia is simply defending its rights to things it invented, think again. The company simply sought out and acquired patents it thought could be enforced. Oh yeah, we can see that the creative people at Acacia were really inspired to creativity by IP legislation.
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