HotMovies.com/National A-1 joins fight against Acacia patents!

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  • Mr.Fiction
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 9484
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    HotMovies.com/National A-1 joins fight against Acacia patents!

    HotMovies.com Joins Acacia Patent Claim Challenge

    Saying they spent months pondering how best to deal with the issue, adult video pay-per-minute Website HotMovies.com has joined the group of adult Internet companies challenging Acacia Research Corp.'s streaming media patent claims.

    Acacia is not the inventor of the patents," said Richard Cohen, co-owner of HotMovies.com and its parent, National A-1 Internet, announcing HotMovies.com?s decision to join the challengers. "They bought them and are now taking advantage of many companies who cannot afford to litigate. Acacia is taking advantage of a patent system that is flawed. Patents were designed to reward inventors, not those who purchase patents invented by others.

    http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...ntent_ID=70329

    Send these people some traffic, they are fighting for all of us!
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    • Mr.Fiction
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2002
      • 9484
      #2
      This quote will make you proud to be a pornographer:

      Cohen said that even if HotMovies.com comes out on the losing side in the end, they know "in good conscience" that they "did the best (they) could" to challenge and stop what they consider unfair and unjust patent claims.
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        • Brujah
          Beer Money Baron
          • Jan 2001
          • 22157
          #3
          and they have an affiliate program. ;) Show them you appreciate their stance.

          http://www.cash.com/

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            • Sharky
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2002
              • 4938
              #4
              These guys are loaded...

              This is very good
              Sharky

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                • EscortBiz
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                  • May 2002
                  • 19422
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Brujah
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                    • rebel23
                      Confirmed User
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 817
                      #6
                      BUMP
                      this is good news surely
                      Acacia
                      ICQ: 37378183

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                        • Mr.Fiction
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 9484
                          #7
                          Originally posted by sharky
                          These guys are loaded...

                          This is very good
                          They have money and they quotes in the article make it sound like they will fight it all the way.
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                            • The Truth Hurts
                              Zph7YXfjMhg
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 15776
                              #8
                              Acacia is taking advantage of a patent system that is flawed. Patents were designed to reward inventors, not those who purchase patents invented by others.
                              The only thing flawed is the logic behind that statement.

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                                • RATBOY
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 1592
                                  #9
                                  i love when news makes actg stock go down. very noticable drop this afternoon.

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                                    • Mr.Fiction
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2002
                                      • 9484
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by The Truth Hurts


                                      The only thing flawed is the logic behind that statement.
                                      I will give you credit for one thing, you seem to be on the wrong side of almost every issue.

                                      Nothing was invented by anyone in the Acacia case. They just filed some paperwork to try to be the first to "claim" an existing "system". They don't sell an invention, they just try to annoy and harass those who are using an obvious idea.

                                      If sending video over a network is not an obvious idea, then there is no such thing as an obvious idea.

                                      If you don't think the U.S. patent system, as it works now, is broken, then it's probably because you or someone you work with have a vested interest in using it to try to screw someone.
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                                        • The Truth Hurts
                                          Zph7YXfjMhg
                                          • Nov 2002
                                          • 15776
                                          #11
                                          I'm not on the wrong side, I'm pointing out a glaring flaw in his logic.

                                          To suggest you can't purchase something for the purposes of profit is fucking assenine.

                                          Say I buy a house...
                                          I didn't not build that house.
                                          But I sure as fuck can file some paperwork, and turn it into a rental property, and thus profit... can I not?

                                          Also, patents aren't a reward, they're protection.

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                                            • Mr.Fiction
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Feb 2002
                                              • 9484
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by The Truth Hurts


                                              Also, patents aren't a reward, they're protection.
                                              The Acacia patent doesn't protect any real invention. It discourages real innovation, which is the opposite of the intent the patent system.

                                              Patents can be a great thing for innovation, but in some cases, they are nothing less than a scam.
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