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BetaNet Sues Everyone For Remote SW Activation
eldavojohn writes "Not to be out patent trolled by Eolas, a mystery company named 'BetaNet, LLC' is suing: Adobe Systems, Inc, Apple, Inc., Arial Software, LLC, Autodesk, Inc.,, CARBONITE, INC., Corel Corp., Eastman Kodak Co., International Business Machines Corp., Intuit, Inc., Microsoft Corp., McAfee, Inc., Oracle Corp., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Rosetta Stone, Inc., SAP America, Inc., Siemens Corp. and Sony Creative Software, Inc. for infringement of their patent entitled Secure system for activating personal computer software at remote locations. And of course, this was filed in our favoritest of favorite places: Marshall, TX (Texas Eastern District Court)."
You know, free software doesn't need any "activations". So it'll hurt a bit some proprietary makers...
Far too much prior art in that little corner of the world, I'm afraid.
Testiculos habet et bene pendentes.
I think any software company that wasn't named in this suit should sue for defamation. Since this is a "Who's Who" of software developers, being left out implies that they aren't important.
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Be careful. The method for utilizing the first position in a message exchange system for the purpose of stating unrelated exclamations including but not limited to the phrase "First Post", is patented.
"Second Post" though, is fair game. :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
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Which "blue pill" would that be?
There are approx 1,200 different "blue pills".
Acetaminophen Hydrocodone 650/10mg - pain killer
Acylcovir 200mg - herpes symptom reducer
Addreal 5mg to 10mg - amphetamine stimulant/ADD treatment
Alazopram 1mg to 2mg - anti-anxiety/sleep aid
Viagra 25mg to 100mg - erectile dysfunction treatment
I could go on ... and on ... and on. :) Watch popping unidentified pills, it may not have the intended result. You may find all of them (and more) in the same drug cabinet.
If he's been popping the 5th too often, he may need the 2nd.
He may take the 3rd to keep going with the 5th, but then need the 4th to sleep.
The 1st may be necessary from the beating he's going to get from the husband from the use of the 5th.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
All we have to do is inspect all their freezers.
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"Second Post" though, is fair game. :)
You sure, sir? Me, I'd wait some 19 years before being so cocky about this... ;-)