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Universal Music Hit with Anti-Piracy Suit
prostoalex writes "Remember Bon Jovi trying to fight piracy with individual PIN numbers that legitimate buyers could get off the CD? DownloadCard, who claims to have invented the technology, filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group saying the music execs stole the technology and trade secrets from the company. Yahoo! Launch headline suggests that Bon Jovi album might be delayed because of the lawsuit."
That's the best news I've heard all day...
Slashdot: Where people pretend to be twice as smart as they really are by behaving like children.
You can't ignore other people's intellectual property, damnit. Only pirates would do that kind of stuff.
Patents suck Patents suck Patents suck... er... hello what's this?
Yahoo! Launch headline suggests that Bon Jovi album might be delayed because of the lawsuit."
Yay for patents! Yay for patents! Yay for patents!
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Oh please! While the RIAA has policies many of us disagree with, I'm sure that it would do an excellent job of keeping this data safe. Can you imagine the outcry if it was hacked?
Scaremongering like this is just pathetic.
C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
Now lets see how long it takes Hillary Rosen to go after Universal for piracy...now holding breathe.. ah turning blue..
Don't Tread on OpenSource
The delaying of a Bon Jovi album?
I sense a great disturbance in the force, as if the state of New Jersey is crying out in pain..
Did I miss something? I thought the Bon Jovi thing was just like printing a unique serial on the booklet or a piece of paper that comes with the thing, or something.
How the hell is that technology, or more to the point, patentable?
I think it's because companies finally ran out of existing ideas that they could patent by tacking on "with a computer". The next round of bad patents will take obvious ideas and tack on "by an 80's hair band".
For instance, DownloadCard has the rights to "a means of using and distributing unique serial identifiers to provide redeemable incentives to discourage the online theft of intellectual property where said intellectual property is audio or video media content by an 80's hair band". The Dave Matthews Band and the Crystal Method were able to get around this patent by not being an 80's hair band, but Universal finally got busted for trying it with Bon Jovi.
In related news, Jeff Bezos has just invented and patented a one-click combination CD player power-on/play button to allow quick and efficient listening of any of his favorite music by an 80's hair band.
My next sig will be ready soon, but friends can beat the rush!
Suprisingly, you were modded down as a troll! Apparently Bon Jovi has mod points....
C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
My best guess is they stole the "encryption scheme", and we all know copying or reverse engineering a encryption scheme is a more sever crime than assination of an elected official.
I live in a giant bucket.
Why? Bon Jovi didn't.
They should be giving out the PIN numbers to pay to have it turned off, not on. I think they'll make a lot more money that way.
Put all the legal teams in a cage and give them knifes. The legal team still standing at the end gets $1 million, and their client wins. (Appeals could be handled by pistols at 20 paces).
The outcome would stand about the same as the current way our courts work, just faster and far more entertaining.
The Internet is generally stupid