Here is the letter they are mailing to Web Hosting companies.
http://161.58.167.50/letter.jpg
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/6687746
http://161.58.167.50/letter.jpg
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/6687746
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Hopefully someone kills this fuck.
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I wonder which of the larger adult hosting companies will be the first to pay the fee?
NatNet?
Webair?
CaveCreek?
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I'm gonna see if I can get a patent on my on/off switch on my PCComment
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Originally posted by DaLord
I'm gonna see if I can get a patent on my on/off switch on my PC
I already have that one. PAY UP!Comment
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This patent thing is getting waaaayyyy outta hand. Subdomains are just a configuration in your server, like adjusting your nuts...........I'm gonna patent adjusting your nuts and be rich. Don't let me or my spys catch you touching them for the purpose of comfort.Comment
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Wasn't this Brian Shuster a partner in the old XPics.com?Comment
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YesOriginally posted by Wilbo
Wasn't this Brian Shuster a partner in the old XPics.com?Comment
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Oh bugger... you take paypal?Originally posted by LiveDose
I already have that one. PAY UP!
My next patent will most likely be based on overweight.
If your webmaster ass is too big you will have to pay. Only UCJ Tim will get by this one.Comment
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the Acacia virus is spreading... poor saps trying to get rich the easy way... I'm calling a patent on sluts 
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Is it a joke or what?Fucking Around & Program Discussion > Brian Shuster now enforcing patent on Sub DomainsComment
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Wow, what a stupid patent! I mean if it had been filed in 1980, maybe it would have a chance, but it was filed in 1999. There doesn't seem to be anything remotely new in the patent.Comment
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Far more than we all know.... it's going to get really bad.Originally posted by pradaboy
the Acacia virus is spreading...
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That patent is mine, nobody can use the word sluts anymore unless I aprove it firstOriginally posted by pradaboy
I'm calling a patent on sluts
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Thank Larry he started the downward spiral. Remember this when you run to shake his hand or get his autograph or kiss his ass at internext.Comment
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NopeOriginally posted by sexsup
Is it a joke or what?Comment
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im going to sue al gore for inventing the internet improperly
Crypto HODLr
Crypto mining
Angel investorComment
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Tell us what you know...Originally posted by goBigtime
Far more than we all know.... it's going to get really bad.Comment
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Originally posted by LiveDose
Hopefully someone kills this fuck.
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Yep this is the same Brian Shuster that OWNS Xpics.
I personally believe acacia is a joke compared to what Brian will try to do to the adult web. Remember Acacia has a broad patent on video technology and they just so happened to target the adult web first.
Brian ran XPICS. He knows the adult web REAL WELL. He acquired patents to go after the adult web or sell them, which ever was more profitable. This is just one of many that he has (ie Exit Console and Banners with Sound).Comment
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how can someone own a patent to subdomains..that's crazy shitOriginally posted by shap
Yep this is the same Brian Shuster that OWNS Xpics.
I personally believe acacia is a joke compared to what Brian will try to do to the adult web. Remember Acacia has a broad patent on video technology and they just so happened to target the adult web first.
Brian ran XPICS. He knows the adult web REAL WELL. He acquired patents to go after the adult web or sell them, which ever was more profitable. This is just one of many that he has (ie Exit Console and Banners with Sound).
it's a feature wich operating systems/DNS servers allow..he might be the first one who has used it but i can hardly imagine he invented it
Send me a PM for design workComment
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i invented the interwebBeat it. Nothing to see here.Comment
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Here's a few others..
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...er%2C+Brian%22
System apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names on a wide area network
Method, apparatus and system for directing access to content on a computer network
System for remotely controlling an animatronic device in a chat environment utilizing control signals sent by a remote device over the internet
Method and apparatus for controlling medical monitoring devices over the internet
Method and apparatus for gaming
Method and apparatus for using distributed multimedia information
and some applications that haven't yet been approved..
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...FIELD2=&d=PG01
Method and apparatus for remote data collection of product information using a communications device
Addressee-defined mail addressing system and method
Method and apparatus for providing audio advertisements in a computer network
Method and apparatus for transacting divisible property
Method and apparatus for managing ownership of virtual property
System and method for aggregating information over a wide area network
Method and apparatus for controlling an animatronic device using a web enabled cellular phone
Method and apparatus for conducting domain name serviceComment
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lmao, Shuster will never change. what a jackass.
No question however, Shuster knows this business extremely well and has had this gameplan to milk the adult web for all he can for a very long time. Once the FCC crippled his empire with their fines, he turned his attention to making money from us in other ways.
Brian's patents are very much directed at us, and we need to take him seriously.Last edited by Axeman; 03-12-2004, 07:10 AM.XXXRewards - Karups - Boyfun - Jawked. Paying on time since 1997. Contact me at brent [at] xxxrewards.comComment
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Originally posted by Wilbo
This patent thing is getting waaaayyyy outta hand.Comment
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Originally posted by CCFool
Here is the letter they are mailing to Web Hosting companies.
I received an email and a typed copy of the letter a few days ago.. and it does appear that IdeaFlood has now surfaced.
It seems that the targets might be anyone who is using a subdomain rather than just the company providing the DNS.
Which means many people can be targeted for "contributory infringement".
I had seen a mainstream article that was talking about a subdomain patent, and now i get the connection that it's the same company.. targetting both adult and mainstream.
Technically, the "www." part of a URL is a subdomain, so maybe everyone that has a website is infringing
If you have been hit with a similar letter, feel free to contact me so i can help to connect people together.
If you have received a letter, it's best to let an attorney handle the correspondance (doesn't have to be a patent attorney at this stage, just someone that will make them explain how you are infringing), rather than you talking to them directly.
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Nice to see you around FTP!Comment
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Originally posted by CCFool
Nice to see you around FTP!
Always vigilant... I didn't want to post this story yet til I got some more confirmation..since i didn't get a scan of the letter, just the typed letter.. but it does match what you posted...
Many people have been waiting to see when IdeaFlood would surface with the pop-up patent, but instead, they chose to try their first swing with the subdomain patent.
The slashdot.org crowd will have a field day with this one.
For those amateur prior art searchers (like me), need to find instances of people using subdomains prior to August 1998.
I haven't dived too far into the patent, but that it does appear to be bogus, since WWW started commercially around 1994, and DNS was before that... so there should be enough prior art to show the use of subdomains (there are probably more specific claims and I am oversimplifying things right now).
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Jesus, I was using subdomains in '97. No proof but damn.Comment
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Originally posted by BradM
Jesus, I was using subdomains in '97. No proof but damn.
Besides showing prior art, another way to invalidate a patent is to show the fraud in the filing and documentation of the patent.
The inventors have to disclose all prior art and information that went into the idea.
For example: if anyone of these people:
Shuster; Brian (Stateline, NV); Leong; Johnson (San Jose, CA); Price; Matthew (Santa Clara, CA); Lam; Brian (Sunnyvale, CA); Johnson; Desmond Ford (Monte Sereno, CA)
...were involved with companies already doing the items described in the patent, then it can be proven the idea was not novel.
Like with their popup patent, it was common place back then that people were doing what the patent described, it's just that no one patented the idea... prior art might be hard to find since most webmasters dont' document, they just do it.
Before people start jumping on the "patent everything" bandwagon... you need to have an idea that is new and novel and not currently being used or documented anywhere.
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Serious-fucking-ly.Originally posted by LiveDose
Hopefully someone kills this fuck.
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No really.I do PHP, bitch.
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if your going to go after brian, keep an eye on his attorney (i won't mention his name as he may be yours too but his last name starts with a p ). He most likely is more than a little financially motivated if this thing goes anywhere.<a href="http://69.36.37.8/index.php?s=signup&aid=129&cfg=aac"><img src="http://www.sexpoozle.com/banners/wm_aac_468x60.gif" alt="AdultActionCash.com"></a>Comment
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I'm gonna patent air . everytime you inhale you have to pay me 5 cents .
that's some FUCKING BULLSHIT .Originally posted by rayadp05Comment
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If Acacia looses than he will loose as well! fucking Bull Shit!
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Which Larry? FYI, I have nothing to do with Acacia or this patent.Originally posted by tony404
Thank Larry he started the downward spiral. Remember this when you run to shake his hand or get his autograph or kiss his ass at internext.Comment
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He will loose... he would have to go after the poeple who coded apache/microsoft/the creators of bind/ECT.
Not the people who SET somthing in a config file.
Scumbags.
AmenComment
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He was the first big guy to sing with AcaciaOriginally posted by Webattorney
Which Larry? FYI, I have nothing to do with Acacia or this patent.Originally posted by rayadp05Comment
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Don't see why you couldn't mention his attorney's name. Greg Picconelli and group. The same guys at the show. Anybody seeking advice may want to choose someone that DOESN'T have Brian Shuster as a clientComment
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"WWW" is a sub-domain. There is plenty of documentation about sub-domains before 1998. From what I'm reading about the patent, is that he is talking about wildcard sub-domains. I'm not sure when the wildcard (*.domainname.com) came out for sub-domains. For example, I have wildcard sub-domains for all of my domain names (I suppose I'll get a letter now). For example:
http://fightthepatent.adult-cybergames.com
http://anythingforthesubdomain.adult-cybergames.com
I didn't fully read the patent. Just glanced over it pretty much. So I could be wrong on what the whole patent is about.Comment
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I thought they were talking about you at first Larry. First thing that came to mind when they said Larry for some reason (must be the lawyer thing).Originally posted by Webattorney
Which Larry? FYI, I have nothing to do with Acacia or this patent.
Looks like they're talking about Hustler Larry. Just in case somebody comes up with the wrong Larry like I did.Comment
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Get in touch with the person who owned Free Site Network free host back in 1998. I met my husband in October 1998 and several MONTHS before I met him I had a bunch of subdomains at FSN. If CuteFTP had a log that included when I last logged into a server I MIGHT have proof of when I used one of them. There were several other free hosts I used back then with subdomains that I still have in my CuteFTP. Anyone know anything about CuteFTP logs? Does it log the time/date of your last login?
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Originally posted by Webattorney
Which Larry? FYI, I have nothing to do with Acacia or this patent.
Do you resemble the comment of being a Larry that people "run up to shake his hand or get his autograph or kiss his ass at internext. "
I remember shaking your hand, but didn't see anyone doing the autograph or ass kissing thing.
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Here is a document about wild card sub-domains and subdomains in general.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1033.html
That was back on November 1987Comment
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hmm, isn't www just the default subdomain?Comment
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I hate subdomains. Mostly used by TGP cheaters.Comment
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