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Originally posted by fiveyes
Looking how <A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20010826145818/http://www.bountyquest.com/bounties/displayBounty.php?bountyName=1067" target="_blank">BountyQuest.com</A> operated as successfully as it did might be of help. Disregarding the contest aspect of it, they did frequent updates of specifics, as they were found, on any outstanding bounty.
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Ya, i tracked down the founder Charles Cella, and asked him why they are no longer around after getting some major funding from Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly.
He said that they ran out of money.. they had high overhead of salaries, office space, etc... They were successful in what they did, (also patented the process of offering a bounty for leads)
They were a for-profit organization, looking to generate revenue from companies that would hire them to do prior art searches through the bounty method.....
Fight the Patent!
ps. i know you do support my efforts