Clear Channel Buys Patent For Instant Live CDs

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 25, 2004 @11:59PM from the they're-certainly-mine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this Rolling Stone article, and this article at P2P, everyone's favorite monopolist, Clear Channel, is bullying DiscLive and other companies in the available-after-the-concert live CD business by forbidding them from operating in their venues. Looking at the actual Clear Channel patent itself, it's obvious that, unlike what is said by their Instant Live program head Steve Simon, their patent is very specific, and doesn't cover all media types and all onsite production, so isn't CC just standing behind a bogus patent to continue to act like a monopolist? Anyone have prior art to invalidate their patent?"

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Re:Prior Art by SJ · 2004-05-26 00:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Back in 1988, I recorded a Pet Shop Boys concert on DAT, and got mugged outside the stadium. Does that count as instant distribution?

Actually, that mugging was to STOP the distribution of said music. You have to understand that they were acting with the good of humanity in mind.