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You cannot double dip in the US
And they are double dipping.
If you bought a license with lets say Webcam32 or Quicktime than Acacia needs to go after those guys, because you have a license.
Anybody remember the mess with gif?
Photoshop and companies who make gif animator had to pay a license fee which they ulitmatly pushed on to the consumer. Basically that happens here.
Acacia bought the patent for streaming
however, we the end consumer bought a license from the company who sold the finished product (webcam32 etc)
We are the end consumer of the product and not the reseller. We purchased a licensed software and its the companies (Seller of such software) to make sure that they are no infringments on patents etc.
To speak in laymans terms.
Lets say you buy a car with tires who don't go flat
After 10 years the inventor of the no flat tires sends you a letter and tells you that you owe him royalties.
It doesnt work like that, because the Inventor of the Tire has to sue the company who has resold his idea without his ok.
Thats the same situation here.
So Acacia is suing the wrong people, asking royalities from the wrong people, they need to sue the reseller or the person who offered the technology.
It happend with the gif patent.
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