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Acacia Steps Up Content-Transfer Patent Claims

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-make-up-or-distribute-this-stuff dept.

MarkRH writes "Over at ExtremeTech we've got an in-depth story on the 20-odd suits being filed against the online porn industry by Acacia Research Corp., which has been previously covered on Slashdot. Now, several online porn companies are forming an association called IMPA (the 'Internet Media Protective Association'). We sat in on conference calls held by the industry, and interviewed Acacia executives. Bottom line: the porn industry is just the beginning."

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  1. mm.. by seann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there anything porn Can't do?
    Fight the government, clean the tubes, sounds like a full day for me.

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    1. Re:mm.. by binaryDigit · · Score: 5, Funny

      clean the tubes

      I know this will get mod'ed off topic, but what the hell, I have karma to burn

      That statement reminds me of a joke (apologies to our foreign friends if you don't get it)

      A guy was at the hospital getting ready to get a vasectomy. He was in a sour mood knowing the fate that was about to befall him. After removing his clothes and donning his hospital gown, he was lead by a nurse down the halls of the hospital to go to see the doctor how was to perform the procedure. On the way down the hall, he happened to glance into a room. In that room he saw several attractive nurses giving BJ's to the male patients. "Holy Cow, what's going on in there" he asked. The nurse calmly replied that those men were also getting vasectomies, and that as a pre-surgery procedure, they want to make sure that the mans plumbing was clear of any semen. Now his demeanour picked right up and his pace quickened down the hallway. He then happened to glance another room, and in this room there were several men in gowns holding Playboys while jacking off. "What is going on in there?" he asked puzzled. The nurse replied, "Oh, the same thing, but they belong to an HMO."

  2. something srtange by rainman31415 · · Score: 1, Funny

    there seems to be something simply wrong with an alliance in the porn industry.....the Christian right is gonna have a fit. might make for some entertaining news...


    rainman

    1. Re:something srtange by nagora · · Score: 4, Funny
      Now, an alliance between the porn industry and CBN - that would be impressive...

      This is getting more and more like a game of Illuminati every day!

      TWW

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  3. Organize! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to form alliances with sister organizations such as the International Petroleum Jelly Manufacturing Consortium and the Repetitive Stress Disorder Sufferer's Association.

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  4. Re:It's ironic... by ejdmoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It'd suck if this caused a damaging blow to the porn industry."

    Couldn't help it...

  5. They chose the wrong name... by dfn5 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now, several online porn companies are forming an association called IMPA (the 'Internet Media Protective Association').

    It should've been Protecting Internet Media Porn. I wonder if there is still time to change it.

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    1. Re:They chose the wrong name... by LordNimon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, if they fail, they'll have to change the acronym to IMPATENT.

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  6. An offer they can't refuse by Arcturax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only I wonder who will be getting the said "offer". After all, organized crime is increasingly involved with internet porn, especially pay sites.

    So Acacia may just get a lil visit from da boys if they keep this up and sent a bill to the wrong people.

    In this case, we can only hope that is what happens.

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  7. Best quote in article by MadAnthony02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    During the adult industry's conference call, lawyers expressed hope that these media giants might provide "back channel" support, such as the results of previous "prior art" searches in an attempt to defeat the Acacia patents.

    Hmm... provide back channel support support to the porn industry.

    Also, you realize this means someone at Arcadia had the job of looking at porn sites to track down sites to sue? Get paid to surf porn. That's my dream job. Plus if they win, they get to audit the porn companies

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  8. I'm being sued for taking a leak. by jo_ham · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some bright young upstart that owns an American company filed a patent for "evacuation of liquid into a self cleaning porcelain container".

    I had the misfortune to ask them where the bathroom was since I was desperate for a piss.

    The lawsuit is going to take ages! I can't wait that long!

    If I piss myself I'll have to pay for a licence to wash my trousers at the laundromat else I'll be in violation of the "clean garments by watching them spin round and round in a drum with hydrogen dioxide and sodium sterate" patent.

    In soviet russia, I wouldn't have this problem I'm sure.

    Do they piss on me there?

  9. Viscious lawsuit circle ahoy! by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can already imagine the following:

    • 10: **AA sues Acacia for distributing the technology which allows copyright infringement.
    • 20: Acacia sues the **AA for allowing artists to use media types they own a patent on.
    • 30: GOTO 10
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  10. Re:In depth? by ryanr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pages 2 and 3 are also only one page long each, but if you consider them collectively, then it's a bit more substantial.

  11. Finally, a case where the USSR had it right... by Shenkerian · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, you fuck the patent owners.

    I'm all for that.

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  12. Good Quotes by dcuny · · Score: 2, Funny
    • Others said the industry would not go down without a fight. "If we paid Acacia, it would be rolling over," said one adult webmistress in an interview, who asked not to be named. "It would be like saying 'Screw me,' even though that's (what) my business is about."
    How can you beat a quote like that?
  13. Re:It's ironic... by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    [i]The MPAA claims that video over the net has to be locked up in a chastity belt in order to survive.[/i]

    That's because the porn industry views chastity belts as mere temporary impediments to delivering the goods.

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  14. Notorious by dcuny · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...owned by notorious First Amendement supporter and pornographer Larry Flynt.

    I give up. Is he notorious because he's a pornographer, or because he supports the First Amendment.

    Where's the funny part?

  15. Re:Brilliant move by tomdarch · · Score: 3, Funny
    going after the smut providers certainly was a brillinat move. Normally, the big fish would consider helping out the small fish who are being raped first, but because AOLTW and their ilk can't be seen to be 'promoting porn,' they can't help the small fish.

    How do we convince people that patent abuse funds international terrorism?

  16. Re:It's ironic... by Com2Kid · · Score: 2, Funny
    • If you're really interested, there's a convention twice a year, where most of the big providers have booths, and lots of people, ranging from talent (read, lots of hot girls), to webmasters (anyone with a site) show up and talk business.


    So your saying that if I wanted to get rid of all of those "xxxhot donkey sex actionxxx" spam messages in my inbox, that that convention would be the place to go postal at?
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  17. Re:Brilliant move by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    They're fighting to keep your kids safe from nipples!
    Aaaah!! My wife is one of the evil-doers! Dammit, she's shoving that nipple into my kid's mouth RIGHT NOW!!

    MY GOD, HOW COULD SHE? HE'S ONLY 4 MONTHS OLD!!!