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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."

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  1. 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.