10-30-2003, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 146
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My letter to Acacia
I got this letter in the mail today:
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ACACIA MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
FINAL NOTICE FOR INTRODUCTORY ROYALTY RATES AND WAIVER OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Dear Mr. Fairthorne:
As you are aware, Acacia has a porfolio of 5 U.S. Patents (Patent Nos. 5,132,002; 5,235,275; 5,550,863; 6,002,720; 6,144,702) and 17 International Patents covering the transmission and receipt of digital audio/video content via the Internet. You provide access to digital audio/video content via your website(s) without a license from Acacia, and are therefore liable to Acacia for patent infringement.
As part of our introductory licensing terms, we have been offering waivers for vertain past infringement, as well as special introductory royalty rates. OUR OFFER TO WAIVE PAST INFRINGEMENT AND LICENSE OUR PATENTS AT OUR EXISTING INTRODUCTORY ROYALTY RATES WILL EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 30,2003.
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If you have any questions regarding the patents, our licensing terms, or need other assistance, please contact us at 949-480-8300 or email us at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Robert A. Berman
Sr. VP Business Development and General Counsel
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Man.. I've been threatened with lawsuits so many times that it doesn't freak me out at all anymore. Here is my response:
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Dear Mr. Berman,
I am the webmaster of several websites which host audio and video including http://www.indydisc.com and http://tallman.org as well as a host of others. I recieved your letter offering a waiver for past patent infringement. While you're offer sounds quite inticing, my current position is that you should get a fucking job.
I'd been transmitting digital audio and video over computer networks for more than 10 years before you filed your first patent, little bitch.
How's about you suck a dick up.
Sincerely,
Rich from Tallman.
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Emailed to
[email protected]
and to
Robert A. Berman
500 Newport Center Drive,
7th Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Hahahaha.. good times. |
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