EFF, finally, stepping to deal with patent abuse according to the today's PR:
http://www.eff.org/Patent/20040419_eff_pr_patent.php
"Patents traditionally only targeted large commercial companies," said EFF Staff Attorney Jason Schultz. "Now bad patents are threatening non-profits, small businesses, and even individuals who use software and Internet technology." These threats target non-commercial personal use, such as building a hobbyist website or streaming a wedding video to your friends.
".....streaming a wedding video to your friends" that would be the DMT patent they are referring to.....
Acacia DMT patent already on their target list:
http://www.eff.org/Patent/
Fight the About Time!