[ale] OT:Wintel combo is suing Apple, Napster & Google

[Scott Castaline]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 22:09 -0500, Scott Castaline wrote:
> IANAL but this sounds like another squash the competition by the giant M
> $. If memory serves me correctly, Apple started iTunes before Aug. 2005
> and the recreated Napster started its "Legite" media distribution system
> also before Aug. 2005. I could be wrong but I don't think I am.
> The Bloomberg article I am referring to is:
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=ape3Ub6DCQss&refer=technology#
> 
> The patent office link is:
> http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22digital+entertainment+service+platform%22&OS=
> 
> I find it interesting that this comes just after M$ entry in the Media
> Player market that is one that is similar to iPOD.
> 
> So I guess if digital media is legitamately distributed (all fees paid
> as in royalties) using AMD and Linux it infringes this patent?

I just realized that I did not provide the originating link;
http://lwn.net/Articles/216147/

I'm just curious as to what this all means and what kind of impact it
can have in the non M$ world.
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