Acacia

Far-L · 11-15-2002

Acacia is a very serious and ignoring it will not make it go away. This is how the company makes money. It is a well funded public company and they buy patents then sue people over them.

All the content providers are joining together to form some sort of consortium to fight their bullshit.

They are trying to shake down the adult companies because they think this will bring in quick money and establish precedent to go fight the bigger players.

Obviously, Microsoft and Real should join in to defend this but they will not until it becomes an issue for mainstream, non adult, companies.

In discussions with our attorney and a patent attorney, their case is without merit on many points but that is going to have to be fought to prove that.

Hopefully no one will roll over and pay them in the meantime.

11-15-2002	#5
Far-L Members Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 269	Acacia is a very serious and ignoring it will not make it go away. This is how the company makes money. It is a well funded public company and they buy patents then sue people over them. All the content providers are joining together to form some sort of consortium to fight their bullshit. They are trying to shake down the adult companies because they think this will bring in quick money and establish precedent to go fight the bigger players. Obviously, Microsoft and Real should join in to defend this but they will not until it becomes an issue for mainstream, non adult, companies. In discussions with our attorney and a patent attorney, their case is without merit on many points but that is going to have to be fought to prove that. Hopefully no one will roll over and pay them in the meantime.