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List:       dmca-discuss
Subject:    Re: [DMCA_Discuss] JPEGs are not free: Patent holder pursues IP grab
From:       "Tammo" <burrbob () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2002-08-30 4:36:02
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I doubt that anyone will pay for a license.  Anyone who has the knowledge to
do that will most surely be a laughing stock and just convert to a free
image format.  What really gets me is the simple audacity that this forgent
character has to do this.


----- Original Message -----
From: "carl william spitzer" <cwsiv_home@juno.com>
To: <dmca_discuss@lists.microshaft.org>
Cc: <cwsiv@linuxmail.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:21 AM
Subject: [DMCA_Discuss] JPEGs are not free: Patent holder pursues IP grab


> A video conferencing company based in Austin, Texas says it's going to
> pursue royalties on the transmission of JPEG images. Sony has already
> signed on.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26272.html
> The Register, July 18, 2002
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> More sillyness from Europe.  I had heard that JPEG file formats
> originated in the open source community.
> Perhaps someone here has more details on the history.
>
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