After various chats with mainstream companies, it has sparked my latest article:
Goodwill Hunting
http://www.fightthepatent.com/v2/Backyard.html
For those link-challenged or have short attention spans, here is the summary/ending to the piece:
"For any company that steps forward to help in this battle (whether it be Microsoft, Real, Apple, or any other company looking to make a public stand against patent abuse), they will surely receive "goodwill points" for helping to fight against what is so patently wrong.
The one line summary:
If you have audio or video on your website, then the patent abuse problem is in your backyard."
Fight the ADD!