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Acacia Climbing the Food Chain
superflex writes "CNet and others have articles today related to a story that appeared here a couple months ago regarding Acacia Media Technologies, who hold several U.S. and international patents that they claim give them exclusive rights to compressed digital media transmission technologies. The previous article, for the lazy among you, was an AskSlashdot about whether the askers' pr0n site should pay license fees to these guys. Seems that since then, they've moved on to some internet radio sites, and are actually getting fees out of them. Their claims haven't been challenged in court yet, but they appear very broad, possibly covering PPV on cable/satellite as well as internet-based streaming. One wonders if they might try going after one of the big boys soon."
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In Soviet Russia post firsts YOU!!!!
IIRC, in the Soviet Union, YOU were required to make sure your products didn't infringe on anyone's patents. The Times, how they change.
Karma: Bad (mostly affected by being such an asshole)
On November 19, 1954, the career of Sammy Davis Jr. almost came to a sudden and tragic close. While driving to Los Angeles to record the title tune of the Universal International picture "Six Bridges to Cross", Sammy was the victim of an automobile smash-up and narrowly escaped death. He was so seriously injured that his left eye had to be removed. In spite of the terrible shock, Sammy rallied and went on with his work; he even insisted that he was the "luckiest guy in the world".
Since his accident, Sammy's courageous spirit and ever-growing talent have won him increasingly enthusiastic audiences. Let's hear it for Sammy Davis Jr. !
Celebrate Negro Month 2003 with Slashdot.
Did any of you feel dirty after watching the Geek Hip_Hop clip on Stileproject.com?
It's here (6MBs). Now everything I read on slashdot reminds me of Geek Hip_Hop. Shameful!