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Old 10-13-2003, 03:27 AM  
Paul Markham
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There is only one way and one place to fight Acacia and make sure the other companies with similar Patents think twice about going after us.

That way is to meet and beat them in court, all the idiots posting GFY smilies mean nothing and are the main reason Acacia chose this industry.

We need to come together with money and research, so when we get to court Acacia cannot simply outspend us. We need to do it for ourselves and not wait for the other guy to do it, point the finger at someone and saqy "he has more emoney than me let him pay" or wait for Microsoft to come in and save our arses.

In my opinion the main people to lose will be webmasters. If this patent is not beaten then look to 100 companies max having the ability to stream videos. Why pay out vast sums of money to affiliates with so little competition, why pay fortunes for stands at shows or pay for money to advetise?

With only 100 sites carrying video the need to promote will be reduced by such a large factor webmasters will not be needed to drive traffic.

So get out your credit card and give something while you still have something to give.

This is just my opinion.
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