[opendtv] Re: Internet Patent Claims Stir Concern
- From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:05:09 -0400
Either you're missing what the story is about, or I'm missing the meaning of
your reply.
This company is claiming to own patents related to video streaming, so they are
now trying to get $$ from any company that offers streaming video on their web
site. It's NOT about a way to collect money from the end user every time they
view the material.
It would be akin to somebody claiming to have a patent on the FTP protocol, then
trying to get money from every company that runs an FTP server.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I don't know what's so surprising or hard to imagine about
> any of this. First of all, as the article says, there are
> already plenty of examples of sites available only for a
> fee. And secondly, we have had for about a century a
> global network that required payment for use. It's called
> the telephone network.
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