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Acacia Steps Up Content-Transfer Patent Claims
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."
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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It should've been Protecting Internet Media Porn. I wonder if there is still time to change it.
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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.
--Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs
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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."
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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I can already imagine the following:
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