I just got a letter and big colorful packet of information from this company called Acacia. Here's what it sais:
Quote:
Dear Mister Bigtime,
Acacia Media Technologiges Corporation owns a portfolio of five U.S Patents and seventeen international patents which cover the transmission and receipt of digital audio and/or video content via various means, including the internet. Acacia calls the technology covered by these patents Digital Media Transmission ("DMT") technology.
You offer digital video content for viewing and/or download via your website(s). This activity is covered by Acacia's DMT Patent portfolio. In order for you to legally continue to offer these video services, you need a license from Acacia....."
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And it continues to offer me a royalty payment deal etc.
Anyway I know other people got this packet from them as well. Whats going on with this situation? Do they have a legal leg to stand on with this? I remember awhile back there was a guy that was going around claiming he had the patent for hyperlinks, then another guy has the telephony patent (basically a patent on electronic phone attendants.) neither of those held up very well when companies started fighting them.
Either way.. the video content I do still have is free or leased, so I would assume they couldn't extort payments multiple times on the same feed right?
Who else got this mailing?