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Company Claims Patent on CD Writing

Posted by michael on from the sco-of-the-cdr-world dept.

rborek writes "According to CNet News.com, Roxio is being sued by Optima Technology over Patent 5,666,531 which covers 'Recordable CDROM accessing system'. It looks as though the patent describes DirectCD and its packet writing technique. Many different programs and operating systems use this - including Linux, which opens the door for widespread patent licensing issues if the suit is valid and the patent upheld."

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  1. Cowboy Neal is in Iraq! by October_30th · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't believe it! Why has there not been a Slashdot story about this: Cowboy Neal is serving in Iraq!

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  2. On a completely unrelated note... by Dthoma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...did you know that a British inventor invented a dog doorbell, but couldn't get a patent because a dog used a doorbell in a Beano comic?

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  3. Winamp5... by LePrince · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Winamp 5 is out, and includes a feature that allows global hotkeys, meaning that you can control the application from any program, even though Winamp window is not the one on focus.

    Now, my little brother made a Mp3 player with Visual Basic 2 years ago, and the player had that feature (he wanted to control his Mp3 player when playing games, ah, 16yo... ;-)). Should he have patented the idea back then ? We'd be billionnaire... but why be billionnaire when you can be... MILLIONNAIRE !

    Err, ok, no more Austin Powers for me. But that would have been total nonsense, just like this case is.