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Originally posted by FightThisPatent
I don't see that as the case.. i see that Macromedia makes a server piece, much like an Apache web server, or a streaming server, that is a piece in the puzzle for delivery of audio/video.
In going by Acacia's DMT patent claims:
-Content - you have some audio or video to include
-Digitized - you convert it into digital form
-Compress - you include the A/V file in flash
-Storage - it's stored on a server and served up with either HTTP or the flash server
-Transmission - the remote user access a remote server to download the content
-Playback - the user listens/views the content
Macromedia can't be sued for infringement for making a piece of the process.. the whole point of the patent is it's broadness and absurd interpretation.
Now if Macromedia included content on their site, ie a demo, a sample, etc.. that had A/V.. then they would be infringing.. because the last piece of the process is the addition of content.. which they would have now had on their website.
Fight the Broadness!
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You bring up a very good point... Yes they provide the piece for you to go and make your software, but they do provide components witch people can use, demo, and change. In fact there are some people I have seen out there that don?t develop anything from the ground up like we did. They just use what Macromedia provides.
Cheers
