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Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites

Posted by timothy on from the oh-that-makes-sense dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Singapore firm, VueStar has threatened to sue websites that use pictures or graphics to link to another page, claiming it owns the patent for a technology used by millions around the world. The company is also planning to take on giants like Microsoft and Google. It is a battle that could, at least in theory, upend the Internet. The firm has been sending out invoices to Singapore companies since last week asking them to pay up."

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  1. Re:Sweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nope. That's not what it is like. That is a terrible analogy. You lose. Minus 10 points. Go back to grade school and learn about fucking analogies. You are like a retard.

  2. Re:Depends by Hubbell · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've personally (albeit at a party) allowed friends to perform the same method of 'waterboarding' that is reported to be used on detainees by our government. I always let them do the real thing. I fucking dare you to try and explain to me how it is torture. That sort of thing takes nothing more than a strong mind to overcome.