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I have heard and read many times that Hustler settled because their internet revenued ($12M+) was a small part of their business and didn't want to expose the rest of their business to litigation.
One fact that many are missing... Acacia's patent claims are not limited to internet-based audio/video.
They have also INTERPRETED their patent to lay claims to Video-on-Demand as evident by LodgeNet.com signing up.
Lodgenet is the largest VOD provider to hotels.
Hustler makes alot of money on the VOD side (ie. pay per view), so that would also be covered by Acacia.. so therefore more reasons for them to fight than to settle.
I have heard so many times that in defense of Hustler's actions to settle was that Internet revenue was so smalll compared to the rest of the company..... but, as i stated above, Acacia also covers VOD...which is a larger part of their revenue stream.
Fight the Patent!
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