07-29-2003, 06:50 PM
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Originally posted by freeadultcontent
Food for thought.
Mainstream is not stepping up, No AOL, No Microsoft, No Real Networks, No Viacom, Charter, etc.
They would have to be stuck on the South pole to not see what has been going on, so I assume they know of these cases and this patent.
Could a large company like say Microsoft, who could squash the living hell out of ACACIA if they wanted to, be playing us?
Let me elaborate, say IMPAI drags it out in court, we all put up one hell of a fight, do everything that we could do right and the courts rule the ACACIA patent is valid. We as an industry footed the bill to proove their patent, only we are hurt.
Meanwhile Microsoft is monitoring the whole damn thing. If ACACIA looses, no big deal life goes on. If they perhaps win and the patent is ruled valid, what would stop Microsoft from pressing one little button and owning ACACIA and its now court tested valid patent?
I do not think for a second a company like Microsoft would even blink and dropping 30 million or hell even 100 million to own it, if they got such a patent.
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Ouch.
Jesus man, talk about worst case scenarios!
And the 3 who voted "this doesn't concern me" are absofuckinlutely fools. This effects us ALL. |
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