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Originally posted by FightThisPatent
Not sure, but I am pretty sure that Gary Kremen at sex.com had his lawyers look into this, since websites pay him money to be listed, and those websites could have video that was not licensed.
I think the key issue here is that if you are not signed up as an affiliate where you derive your revenue from some commission program, then you are not infringing upon their patent claims.
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Just because someone says his lawyers think that this might be the case, and that happens to fit in with their business model, doesn't mean a thing.
The reason Acacia is saying people are infringing is because they are making money on a patent that they have no right to use.
Whether another adult site sends traffic for money or Google sends traffic for money, they are both sending traffic for money.
If it's simply a matter of PPC vs. per signup, then it's easy enough for every sponsor to start paying for traffic in a different way.
I don't think that is the case.