Lensman said..."I don't think webmasters should hold it against those companies that do." It is their business and they have to base their decisions on what they perceive is in the best interests of their individual businesses...not "your" individual business. "
It was a good summary of how webmasters are looking at things, especially ones that settle (ie. Hustler).
I don't fault any company that licensed the patent...i understand that reasons, i have talked to so many webmasters on the phone, and after looking at their choices, we sometimes come to the conclusion that licensing is best for them....
Where i do find fault is those that settled have every reason to be supporting those that are in the fight against patent abuse, but think that just because they settled, they can ignore the issues.
For those that have settled, pay attention to USA Video (
http://www.fightthepatent.com/v2/USVO.html) ..they could be the next ones to easily target anyone that licensed with Acacia since their patent covers "downloading of video faster than real time".
While IMPA is looking after all kinds of issues, including patents, Fight the Patent Foundation is ONLY focusing on patents.
Companies on their own cannot handle a patent infringement case. It's too expensive. The patent holders (
http://ynotnews.ynotmasters.com/issu...303/page6.html) know this.
But if companies join together like with IMPA (
http://www.impai.org) or like at
http://www.YouMayBeNext.com of FTPF, then as a group, a common defense can be established with lower financial burden.
"United we stand, divided we fall" rings so true when businesses are faced with patent infringement and licensing issues.
For those that are wondering about the validity of this patent:
http://www.fightthepatent.com/v2/PriorArtFound.html
Lots of prior art found by me and by several webmasters who have taken up the search to find evidence of downloading audio/video from a server prior to 1990... the truth is out there.
Fight the Conspiracies!