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04-29-2004, 05:10 PM
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Patent Battle over Jpeg Compression
CYBERSPACE - If you thought the streaming media patent battle was intriguing, how about a patent battle over one of the Internet's core image compression technologies? That's what looks to be brewing now that the owner of the joint photographic experts group - that's .jpeg or .jpg, for you image hunters and makers and collectors - is suing a gross of companies for infringing the patent in question.
Read the full story here Oh joy...
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04-29-2004, 05:11 PM
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The story's been posted several times already.
But it sucks that another company is suing for something common...
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04-29-2004, 05:12 PM
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we need our own image type. .prn or something, which does nice fleshcolor compression
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04-29-2004, 05:14 PM
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shouldnt there be a limit on how long you can wait to spring this on people?
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04-29-2004, 05:22 PM
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There are statutes of limitations on crimes, why not on copyrights.. as this is certainly criminal .. "allegedly"
 oh hey i just patented oxygen, everyone owes me money.. that is just fucked up .. wait until it's popular then slam it ..
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04-29-2004, 05:23 PM
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I bet the folks at ACACIA would be more than willing to supply a list of the companies that settled with them...
I mean, if a company makes a "business decision" to settle with ACACIA, why not these guys too?
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