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Originally posted by venus
did you all actually read the entire patent?
I did, it does not apply to all these companies and is not as broad based as everyone wants to believe. You have to read more then the first few sentences. Go to the bottom and read what they are claiming.
The sky isnt falling.
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Though I agree the sky isn't falling, it certainly a nasty looking cloud over us.
Cliff notes of the claims (work in progress and
very basic) for
patent # 6,144,702:[list=1][*]a way of storing compressed, digitized media [*]in a library that has a listing of the offerings[*]which is used to choose a selection[*]for download and viewing by users of the system.[/list=1]
This is pretty much how video is used/presented on the web.
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