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From what I heard and read they claim to have the patents on anyway video gets to the customer on the net.
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they're serving people who only do downloads via zip.
Hell, they're serving people who do nothing more than *LINK* to sites that have video. It's crazy.
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Now I'm COMPLETELY confused. You can transmit any type of file via zip. I understand that their patent covers a specific method for transmission of video and audio files, not EVERY method. If the process of transmitting a zip zile falls within the scope of their patent, then why just go after video and audio? If video and audio files are zipped they are no longer being transmitted in the same way.
If they hold the patent on a method of transmission and any type of transmission of video and audio files falls within its scope, then it follows that they own a patent on every type of transmission process on the net, not just the tranmission of certain types of files. Are they claiming to own the patents on all video and audio formats?
The only way that this makes any sense is if the patent covers a specific type of transmission and audio and video files are tranbsmitted differently than are text and image files. If they own the patent on the method by which audio and video files are transmitted, that explains why they are ONLY going after webmasters which employ that specific method of transmission. If the files are all zipped, then you are no longer transmitting them using that technology.
If they are going to come after me for transmitting videos via zip then they should come after everyone who sends any kind of file using that method. If they owned the patent on all video and audio file formats, that would explain why they would NOT go after webmasters who don't use video.
My god! My head is spinning.
