You guys & gals should really try to understand this...
Acacia apparently has a clause in their licensing that if their patent is invalidated you agree to continue paying them.
[I saw the Acacia packet online earlier... someone care to point this clause out?]
Supposedly they are trying to double, triple & quadruple dip on down the chain of people they request license the technology
ie:
(1) Content provider/server
(2) Paysite Operator
(3) Paysites Affiliates
(4) TGP's and other ad sources linking to affiliates galleries.
All four being asked to pay them for same piece of content.
And I'm sure if they had a big list of your members they would probably try to go after them too
Look at this companies track record.
Does it seem like they are playing fair?
Does it seem like they are trying to build long lasting business relationships with us?
If thats the case, where are they?
They are obviously aware how large this forum is....
Acacia, want to appear more legitimate to this crowd? Come say hello and address some questions, dispell some rumors.
Maybe some of that will happen on Tuesday.
Until a judge tells them what they can and can't do, assume they will come after you for anything. Assume they are claiming everything (the adult industy does with video/audio) is covered by their patents - because they haven't been very specific about it yet as far as I can tell.
But I have a feeling if you think hiding behind .MPG is going to save you, you're in for a rude awakening. I could be wrong, but my bet is they won't roll over and disappear if you tell them "Sorry guys, I've used MPEG this whole time! You've got nothin!".
They'll probably just laugh and push the papers on through the system as planned.
But the patents being justly invalidated - that's what will save you & everyone else.
