I remember one judge stating that patenting can be silly. It would be like patenting a swing that Tiger Woods' uses and saying he violates that patent. Silly.
Most pod casts are done by people like me that don't have resources and means to get high paid lawyers involved in every step of the process.
I just do it for fun. Hey if I make a buck all the better. Yet that isn't my first motivator. So when do I get a suit filed against me?
Really sad, when all your media has to be filtered through everyone with more money. Money makes the world go round, and if you ain't got it you're screwed.
If I read the patent information correctly, which I briefly looked at before my head started to spin LOL. It states it is media disseminated by digital media stored for people to download in an episodic manner. I think that was made clear before. However, it did mention the ability of volume control and blah blah blah.
My question is this. Beyond the scope of pod casting what about media say like Netflix and Hulu that store digital media in an episodic manner where people can download and/or stream? Because it does state in the patent that it can be either audio or visual media. I mean if they wanna get technical when you stream something it is being downloaded in portion to your system. So... the question has to be asked, if I am correct, why aren't they going after the owners of the companies that do this on Netflix and Hulu or on their own personal websites. After all most major TV broadcasters post episodes (in an episodic manner) on their web pages for people to download and view.
I think the bigger question is, are they saying because it is a "pay for play" subscription it infringes on the patent? If so, take away the pay for play and ask for donations or something. Heck I dunno. I am working on two pod casts and have done one in the past, this is surely making me wonder.
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Patenting gon wild
Most pod casts are done by people like me that don't have resources and means to get high paid lawyers involved in every step of the process.
I just do it for fun. Hey if I make a buck all the better. Yet that isn't my first motivator. So when do I get a suit filed against me?
Really sad, when all your media has to be filtered through everyone with more money. Money makes the world go round, and if you ain't got it you're screwed.
Please correct me if I am wrong
My question is this. Beyond the scope of pod casting what about media say like Netflix and Hulu that store digital media in an episodic manner where people can download and/or stream? Because it does state in the patent that it can be either audio or visual media. I mean if they wanna get technical when you stream something it is being downloaded in portion to your system. So... the question has to be asked, if I am correct, why aren't they going after the owners of the companies that do this on Netflix and Hulu or on their own personal websites. After all most major TV broadcasters post episodes (in an episodic manner) on their web pages for people to download and view.
I think the bigger question is, are they saying because it is a "pay for play" subscription it infringes on the patent? If so, take away the pay for play and ask for donations or something. Heck I dunno. I am working on two pod casts and have done one in the past, this is surely making me wonder.
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