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Originally posted by Vick
ASACP_CTO - who are you really and what sites do you run?
How long have you been in business?
What is prompting you to come around just lately and try to be so involved in the Acacia issue? and trying to get so much info in the open?
I'm curious .........
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My name is Brandon (my online handle is "dj") and i am the new CTO for ASACP.
I haven't run any adult websites, but i have been involved with the adult industry since 1997.
I rebuilt Lee Noga's zmaster.com in 1997 to be a database driven website that propelled sales from 330K/year to over a 1M/year. I was also the developer for OnTheRopes.com (ran by Lee Noga), a webmaster resource site that ran for 3 years)
I have been working in the computer industry for 17 years, been on the internet for 14 years, found and floundered a .com.
I am getting involved in this Acacia issue because it pisses me off to no end, when companies patent broad and common place ideas. This patent, along with so many recently, affect all internet-based businesses.
I consider myself an "inside-outsider" to the adult industry, as a lurker since 1997. I am aware of how the business works, the players, etc, which was one of the advantages for ASACP.org in bringing me onboard as their CTO to oversee their technology expansion. I was a "booth bunny" at the ASACP booth at InterNext.
My efforts are to educate people on how serious this issue is for anyone that has streaming audio or video on their websites, and to assist Home Grown Video and other webmasters in finding prior art, to help nullify this patent.
In reading this thread, i hope that you too are concerned about this issue, and if I can help to present to the readerss what we as non-lawyers can do, that more people can become involved and make a difference.
I am not trying to plug any product or service, i gain no benefits from my activism other than knowing that i did not sit idle to this and any other cause that is unjust.