Here's the piece of the puzzle you seem to be overlooking. The question is, "why are they going after the small fish?" The answer is so they can establish precedence and you should be very afraid of that.
Whether you agree with the patent or not is a moot point. They have paperwork that says they have the patent. They are going after big fish and small fish. The big fish have money and attorneys and will assemble a team that will be able to battle in the courts. In the meantime, the small fish, who have NO BUDGET for court battles, get dragged into court quite promptly and lose to high paid attorneys with fancy verbage. Small fish CANNOT win against the big buck attorneys. In court, "right" never wins...the better salesmen (attorney[s]) always wins.
So what happens? The small fish, KNOWING that this is bunk goes into court with nothing but his moral convictions that this suit is garbage. He gets gang-ass-raped and loses. The company bringing suit now has precedence and when the big fish finally have their cases assembled and get into court they've got 3 strikes against them. The more small fish that settle, or get gang-ass-raped in court before the big fish finally get there, the more likely it is that, no matter how stupid this patent is, NO ONE will have streaming media without paying the licensing fees.
Seek out whatever legal funds might be available to battle this. The big fish are smart enough to fight pre-emptive battles. They know they will not be in court anytime soon. They know that if there is no money for the small fish to fight this then when they do have thier day in court, they will likely lose. So seek out these funds and USE them
