Re: death of the gif format
I wrote:
> Could someone over there set up a compression server?
Daniel Martin writes:
> ...this would still result in harassment from Unisys lawyers - even
> though the compression is perfectly legal, hosting said images from a US
> server is considered (at least by the Unisys lawyers) to be contributory
> infringement.
Because they presume the GIF to have been created in the US in infringement
of their patent. Evidence that the GIF was created in a jurisdiction where
the patent does not exist would be a complete defense.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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