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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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Me me me by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-26 00:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You just want everything for free. Cheapskate.
Shitdot has gone to hell by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-26 00:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hell I say. Yes. Hell.

-bone2pik
Re:Slashdot Groupthink by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-26 00:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Your not + Insightful your + Short Sighted and - Thought
At least I can use decent grammar. I have to point out that you meant to say "You're", not "Your". And it was not a typo... you did it three times.
Re:Churches Do It Every Sunday by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-26 00:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hmm, that could be a bumper sticker. Well, on second thought, maybe not.
Re:Slashdot Groupthink by mphase · 2004-05-26 00:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nope not a typo, a convenience I indulge myself in while typing on forums, boards, etc. I know it's a bad habit but I haven't got around to breaking it. I am interested in your counting ability now that you've brought up errors. Maybe in your rage of grammtical thinking you added another "your" in front of the - Thought.

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