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I got the letter today too. It specifically mentioned adult websites are being targeted in the letter. I am not a content provider or paysite but I do have movie clips that I submit to tgps. They claim to have patents us and international "which cover the transmission and receipt of digital audio and/or video content via various means, including the internet." ....'you must return the signed License Agreements and initial royalty payment to Acacia by December 31, 2002"
Section 3.1 states that royalties are based on your gross sales
$1 to 50,000 owe 1,500
50,0001 to 100,000 owe 3,000
100,001 to 250,000 owe 5,000
250,001 to 500,000 owe 10,000
500,001 to 1,000,000 owe 20,000
etc. it doubles each time after that.
Does this mean every single webmaster who offers any type of movie clips are going to have to pay this company? How can they possibly have a patent on something so general? More than %75 of websites adult or not have some sort of downloadable audio/video file. Are they going to sue all these websites? OR are they just going to go after adult webmasters because no one will care if pornographers have to pay some extra fees.
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