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Apple Sues Sorenson Over QuickTime Codec

Posted by pudge on from the gimme-gimme-some-lovin dept.

ScooterComputer writes "According to Bloomberg and a bunch of others, Apple is suing Sorenson over their licensing a codec to Macromedia for Flash MX, for 'developing, marketing, or licensing any version of the compression software used in QuickTime to competitors.' For years we have seen finger pointing going on between Apple and Sorenson as to WHY the Sorenson codec can't make it to the Linux platform... and things usually end with Apple saying it is Sorenson's fault. Well, I'd say Apple lied. So, can we all just start putting big pressure on Apple again to release QuickTime for Linux?" (Reminder to Apple users to visit Slashdot's Apple section for more Apple-related news.)

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  1. shouldnt be there for many reasons by 10+Speed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should take movie features out of flash, and save us all from intros featureing home video footage of peoples cats....

    1. Re:shouldnt be there for many reasons by Buran · · Score: 3, Funny

      Every time you play a stupid Flash animation ...

      ... God kills a kitten.

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  2. Re:Wasn't this a bit obvious? by glwtta · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is no way for that post to contradict itself more.

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  3. Re:Hmm... by kenthorvath · · Score: 2, Funny

    posting a haiku
    on slashdot simply implies
    you're a karma whore

  4. Re:Hmm... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 3, Funny

    There once was a heckler from Thread #30
    Whose comments were usually wordy
    You're karma whorin' he cried
    With japanese poems he lied
    To fight haiku with haiku is just playing dirty

  5. Re:Hmm... by devphil · · Score: 2, Funny


    Limericks are not my choice of verse.
    Rhyming three lines is horrid, the worst!
    Rhyming two lines is fine,
    I do that all the time,
    But making the third line rhyme is completely out of the question.

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  6. Re:A contract's a contract by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 2, Funny

    A contract is a contract is a contract... but only between Farengi. :) Maybe Quark was a member of Sorenson's legal team? Big tech companies often exude Farengi-like levels of sleaziness so it wouldn't surprise me...

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