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Originally posted by ravener
Flash is client software. Playback occurs on the client machine, not the server. The media file is still downloaded, though it can begin playing before the download is complete.
Sorry to say it, but this does not solve anything, IMHO.
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to add to Ravener's post...
this is how you violate their patent (in my opinion):
You have digital content, that is compressed into a flash file, the file is stored on a server, you are using the web server to deliver the file to the remote user who uses the flash plugin to play the video.
Acacia's patent is talking about the system.. the end to end idea... that can use other people's technology. Macromedia won't be sued necessarily by them, since they just make one piece of it. It is the end user (the website) that uses a system of individual pieces to achieve the viewing of the video.
THIS is what Acacia thinks they have patented.
I don't think your loophole of saying that your video streams immediately, with no ability to stop or pause, is the loophole. And from a practical matter, pointed out by another poster, it would be an inconvenience to the user if they couldn't pause, or FF, or RW, etc....