Re: has anyone heard of this new crap?
They are probably owned by SCO or something along those lines ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Boergens" <kevin@boergens.de>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: has anyone heard of this new crap?
> Antonio Rodriguez schrieb:
> > Ownership of Streaming Audio and Video Challenged
> >
> > Acacia Media Technologies has sent letters to a number of colleges and
> > universities essentially claiming that patents it owns govern file
> > transfer over the Internet, or any local network. In essence, Acacia
> > is claiming that its ownership of the patents cover streaming, all
> > audio and video files which are stored on one computer and which can
> > be accessed (i.e., by downloading of the file) on another computer at
> > the request of that second computer. It appears that the video files
> > do not have to be motion pictures; they can be simple JPEG or tif or
> > even PDF files (digitization, i.e. creation of the files is not a part
> > of Acacia's patents). Acacia's claims affect, for example audio and
> > video associated with eCollege's online courses. Acacia has targeted
> > distance education, stating in its letters to higher education
> > institutions that it will forgo claims for past infringement of its
> > patents if the institution will sign Acacia's "standard" license and
> > pay a 2% royalty on it distance education revenues.
> >
> > Link:
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Template.cfm?Section=NewsandEvents&template=/Conten
tManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11701&InterestCategoryID=272
> >
> >
> ROTFL!
> It has to be some kind of hoax..
>
> Bye,
> Kevin
>
>
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