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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Feb 25 2004, 11:56 AM
the legal layman in me still doesn't understand why they don't go after the companies creating the SOFTWARE that enables us to stream video...
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People like M$, Real, and Apple make software... the software does not infringe on the patent.
The infringing is done with content + software is combined along with an end user to view/listen... this completes the process that the DMT patent claims.
An Apache HTTP server can be used to deliver an AVI. So the combination of an AVI + Apache server + end user, still completes the process.
The patent relies on third party parts to make the thing go..
The patent is the equivalent to the process of making a peanut butter sandwich. Jiffy peanut butter would not be infringing, but the mom that made a sandwich that combined all the elements would.
this is why the patent is so absurd.
Fight the Absurd!