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Liquid Audio Sues In Pitiful Attempt to Appear Relevant

Posted by chrisd on from the i-have-a-patent-pending-for-the-letter-q dept.

Emily writes: "Another case of patent abuse similar to the PanIP nonsense previously reported in Slashdot. This time, it's Liquid Audio suing geotargeting company Infosplit over patent infringement. I read their patent, it's hilarious! Liquid Audio basically received a patent for saying that a domain ending by "co.uk" is in the UK. More seriously, these lawsuits represent a serious threat to innovation in this country."

14 of 234 comments (clear)

  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As I logged in user, I see this story, but as an AC, I don't. Weird!

  2. Slashdot this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and hug a root

    man

  3. Might be a first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No?

  4. I'm suing over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this first post. Ha, ha, ha.

  5. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post! Wazzaaa.

  6. Re:Can't You Just Post a Comment? by night_flyer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    shut up chrisd ...

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  7. First Post by Mecha-A · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    f15s7 p057! FP!

  8. USian pie by poopbot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    USian Pie

    A long, long time ago I can still remember How the trollers used to make me smile And I knew if I had to boast That I could try to get first post And maybe I'd be happy for a while But moderators made me shiver With every minus they'd deliver DoS scripts couldn't stop it They scored them all "Offtopic" I know that it's cheap crack they smoke And meta-moderation's broke At first I thought it was a joke The day that trolltalk died

    -- Chorus --
    Bye, bye, MEEPTy, OOG, and Grits guy Drove the Cruiser like some loser who starts posts with a *sigh*
    Those Steve Woston posts that we all knew were a lie Wonder what became of girls petrified? What became of girls petrified?
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    Did you write a bunch of Perl? And did it make you want to hurl Feces at the Wall? Can you believe these lame-ass polls? Do you post big stretched-out assholes? Can you make the goatse.cx link not show? Well I know you think that Siggy sucked Will the real Bruce Perens please stand up? The bots don't have a clue. Man, I dig those trolls from Shoe! I was a rabid Free Speech advocate With a Red Hat T-shirt and a Free Beer gut
    Bought my Sony laptop working Pizza Hut The day that trolltalk died

    -- Chorus --

    It's been two years since the IPO And LNUX sinks to all-time lows But that's not how it used to be When Spiral showed how it was done Trolling as Jon Erikson Who worked for NPO Technologies Oh and while they tried to filter posts Somebody rooted Slashdot's host "Crack Slashdot? That's absurd!" Better go change your password While JonKatz wrote a Hellmouth book By using posts he simply took And we flamed him till he was cooked The day that trolltalk died And we were singin....

    -- Chorus --

    10 grams. Inchfan. Didn't log out. Goddamn The mods will find the sid real soon, man
    You can't hide if you aren't AC Your bud (George here) tried BSD A dead Streetlawyer's tips were free And WIPO helped letsriot turn Nazi 70 made his percents up While 80md warned "liberals suck" The moon does not exist It's just a liberal myth Oh and as Taco tried to take a nap We forced him to invoke bitchslaps Do you recall the flood of crap The day that trolltalk died? We started singin....

    -- Chorus --

    Oh and then we were wearing out "All your base" And started posting monospace
    The better for our penis birds So come on, be a zealot, be a dick You don't think Anne Marie's a chick? Because lying's all we do about HURD So go and push for BSD And say GPL isn't free Slow down, cowboy! The limit Is one post every minute Now tell the right wing facist slime Infringing on Your Rights Online That they can't censor all the time The day that trolltalk died

    -- Chorus --

    I met a troll they called The Rev And asked him if CD BREAK HEAD He said, "That's old. Get over it." And with all the courage I could muster "Imagine what a Beowulf cluster...." But it wasn't worth the trouble to submit The karma caps are just plain jive And everyone's moved to K5 The steelcage has grown rusted And Geekizoid is busted
    The three sites I don't see for weeks Segfault, kernel, Comp-u-geek Code is not art. This ain't Freshmeat The day that trolltalk died

    -- Chorus --

    - posted by poopbot: because even your grandmother can use lunix

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  9. Mod this up! # +5; Patriotic # by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
    What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
    Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
    O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
    And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
    Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
    O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

    On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
    Where the foe's haughty holt in dread silence reposes,
    What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
    As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
    Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
    In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
    'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

    And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
    That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
    A home and a countrv should leave us no more?
    Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
    No refuge could save the hireling and slave
    From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
    And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

    O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
    Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
    Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
    Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
    Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
    And this be our motto: "In God is our trust!"
    And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
    O'er the land of the free und the home of the brave!

  10. Get real by Derek+Smalls · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The only thing voting ever changed is who gets the kickbacks. Republican, Democrat, even Libertarian - it's just a question of who gets to go to the free champagne brunches every day. Do you REALLY think any of them give a flying fsck about WE the PEOPLE anymore?

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    "If it smells like fish, don't eat it" - Dad
    1. Re:Get real by brsmith4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      They haven't cared about the people. In fact, even after Sept. 11th they didn't care about the people. They used it for a politcal agenda. 'Vote for us in 2004, we worked hard after 9-11 to defeat terrorists.' Not to mention throw away our rights, walk on our constitution and alienate our public. Democrats and republicans alike are the slime of the earth. You have your right wing, christian coalition, business banging, revenue generating, self serving machine running one half of the government and then you have your left wing, give all of our tax money to everyone who is not a citizen, expand the size of our already goliath bureauocracy, exploit the services, whine bitch and complain, sue sue sue, ACLU(another sue) lovers running the other half. Both are linked by one common thread: they are both owned by a couple individuals/corporations with a lot of money. We all know that the rich like to ride the wave of their congressional support. For how many years has enron gotten away with fucking with its accounting? Now look at how many people lost their jobs because of someone's greed. What did the government want to do about that? Our courageous, terrorist-fighting madman of a prez. wanted it forgotten real quick. HM, I wonder why? Only when a company that has no relation to him or his administration falls (worldcom) does he take action and look ridiculous in the process.

      In short, our government, if placed in the right hands would work correctly. However, since power corrupts, we have consistently placed losers to rule us, losers who will take anything and everything from you, even the clothes off your back, if it makes them happier for at least one more moment. With the exception of maybe John McCain (who I don't consider to be a republican as he always disagrees with his own party), you have no one in power that cares about you. Just remember that.

  11. Re:I've said it before, and I'll say it again by snake_dad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do you keep winking at me? ;)

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  12. Re:Encryption protection prior art? by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Many years ago, I wanted to use a swiss ftp server to download something (Oberon, IIRC). My initial attempts to login with my email address were rebuffed with a statement that this server was intended for swiss residents. By appending .ch to my email address, however, I was able to secure entry.

  13. LOVELY SNOT! WONDERFUL SNOT! by poopbot by Alice+Eliza · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    LOVELY SNOT! WONDERFUL SNOT! By J. Wipo Troll, Esq., $Revision: 1.4 $

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    Slashdot Crew (starting to chant): Snot, snot, snot, snot

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    Slashdot Crew (singing): Snot! Lovely snot! Lovely snot!

    Waitress: or Lobster Thermidor au Crevette with a Mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and snot.

    CowboiKneel: Have you got anything without snot?

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    CowboiKneel (shrieks): I dont like snot!

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    Slashdot Crew (singing): Snot, snot, snot, snot. Lovely snot! Wonderful snot!

    Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.

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    - posted by poopbot: crapflooding since 7/8/02

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