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Originally posted by Carrie
Also, I'm curious if IMPA has contacted Microsoft and Real and tried to get them involved, since they are using those companies' technologies to stream (unless they're doing purely mpeg transmissions) and these challenges from Acacia basically say that this technology is illegal. That involves M$ and Real by way of association.
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I don't think them being "purely mpeg transmissions" lets them be exempt from the claims does it?
I didn't think this only applied to streaming media. From what I've read it applies to downloaded audio/video too.
... and doesn't mpeg have their own patents?