According to this report, Microsoft has obtained a patent on video-on-demand."If your company is thinking about delivering interactive video-on-demand cable-television programming or movies via satellite to consumers, maybe it'd better start thinking about paying royalties to Microsoft first. That's because Microsoft has just been granted exclusive United States patent rights to a 'networked interactive entertainment system' which 'allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, [and] TV shows.'" I agree with Dan Gillmor's assessment: "The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is out of control. This is definitive proof."
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