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Originally Posted by TheEnforcer
That's what it sounds like to me too. I would expect a flurry of lawsuits from the people who settled stating that if Acaia lost out on the motions that allow people like Far-L and MikeW to tell them to bugger off that with them using the same technology they should eb able to as well. Not sure how successful that will be but I fully expect counter suits against Acaia should they be unable to get people liek far-l to pay.
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The problem with that is then they will have to spend to fight the same case and it will be harder for them since they will have to overcome the fact that they agreed to the terms...
In other words - they will have to prove that they do their streaming exactly like anyone that is non-infringing does. While you may say "well everyone uses windows media" - the truth is everyone developed different techniques/technologies to serve wm. I can tell you we are not about to share any of our Prior Art with anyone that settled without a VERY STEEP price tag attached to it.