Sound-video Dodgy patent

[studio-64 <fsmith@walescomputers.co.uk>]

Hi All

I have just come across this dodgy patent,
The EFF are fighting this now.

If you had experience of AV around 2000 Please read on.

Here is the PDF:
http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/CCPatDescription.pdf

Here is the link:
http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/prior.php?p=clearchannel



If you can help please read on:

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The Clear Channel patent claims to cover the general concept of 
recording live events (e.g.,
concerts) and simultaneously burning them to optical media (e.g., CDs) 
so that within 15 minutes
after the event ends, fans can buy a copy of the show on their way out 
of the venue. It does so by
recording the audio and/or video of the event, splitting it up into 
various digital recording tracks,
and then using multiple disc burners to make many copies at the same time.
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This is what is needed to break this patent.

An older system that did this Betacam SP comes to mind here,
out to Mini disc, VHS (Mixed both sound/vision) tape (Sound only)

I used to record Fashion Shows in Paris and London and would have to 
produce many copies within 30 mins of the show ending on different media.

This was standard procedure (and why the sound guy was last in the Pub)

So this seems a no brainer to me.



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 The Clear Channel patent claims to cover the general concept of 
recording live events (e.g.,
concerts) and simultaneously burning them to optical media (e.g., CDs) 
so that within 15 minutes
after the event ends, fans can buy a copy of the show on their way out 
of the venue. It does so by
recording the audio and/or video of the event, splitting it up into 
various digital recording tracks,
and then using multiple disc burners to make many copies at the same time.
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Seems an important patent to shaft at the moment,
This company would have a patent on any recording software system 
recording a show.

cheers
Bob


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