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Originally posted by Ketadream
sightsound scares me more than Acacia
I am making no claims about the sightsound system at this time as I have not analyzed it in full, although I prefer them to Acacia as a company I can say that.
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there is another one on the horizon, i am doing my research, then i will be writing up an article about it.
SightSound is more specific, but yet still broad. Their lawsuit against CDnow is based on their patents of a service that people pay for a download of audio OR video.
SightSound tried to go up against MP3.com, but they were able to dismiss them because they say they don't charge for downloads, so therefore not covered under a patent.
Whether SightSound will try to broadly extend their patent to include adult sites that have a membership fee for downloading content, that includes video, remains to be seen.
I have contacted SightSound's CTO and author of their patents to get his opinion on Acacia (no response yet), who by date-stamp, pre-dates them...so it is such a complicated story...that Acacia is somewhat the root to be dug up.... SightSound can be dealt with later if there is an issue, currently, they are tied up with CDnow.
I applaud you guys in your attempt to try to find an alternative, but i think you are trying to be too specific in looking for the loopholes....to a patent and to their position that is based so broadly.
patents are supposed to be narrowly defined so that innovators like yourself can learn what they are doing, and to make yours different. if it weren't for the broad scope of their patent claims, then your method would truly be an alternative and wouldn't violate a patent.
As soon as you start to collect money for your software, is when you will be a real target for Acacia.
the real answer is to find the prior art... i don't believe there is any alternative loophole that you can think of to get around their patents, i am sure that acacia has thought of them all... it all comes down to proving that their patents were based on what was commonplace, prior to when the patent was filed.
Fight The Patent!