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Originally posted by goBigtime
You quote "extort payment" like you think what they are doing is acceptable....
As far as I know, streaming audio and video technologies have been on the net an used in full force (think realaudio) for at least 8 years. If Acacia wanted to enforce their patent, why didn't they do it a few years back? or 8 years back?
Why are we just finding out about it now?
Are they claming that they weren't aware until recently that the internet offered streaming and downloadable video & audio?
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They hadn't aquired the companies holding the 11 year old patents until just recently and didn't get approval from their shareholders to go after people for violations until just recently.
And no, I don't support what they're doing, but I don't consider it extortion either.