If this doesn't demonstrate...
Tim Patterson | 04/23/04
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I agree-read this
AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
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Software patents shouldn't exist
voska | 04/27/04
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PNG is looking better and better
Andylb | 04/23/04
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Pretty much all
Linux User 147560 | 04/23/04
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looks like I'll be changeing my site
Arrg | 04/23/04
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oops changing not changeing
Arrg | 04/23/04
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Better get a license from Apple first!
No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
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From Greg Roelofs member, PNG Group; author, PNG
B.O.F.H. | 04/23/04
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Try again.
Patrick Jones | 04/23/04
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PNG and MNG tools Alpha Composition Patent
B.O.F.H. | 04/23/04
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PNG sucks for photograhic compression
K B | 04/23/04
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Depends
CobraA1 | 04/24/04
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I see prior art in the patent
el1jones | 04/23/04
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Not really..
d_jedi | 04/23/04
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You What Would Be Really COOL?
coffeenite | 04/23/04
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You Could Have Something There
Letophoro | 04/23/04
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Ahhhh ... but ...
coffeenite | 04/23/04
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Aha but you forget the chalkboard
NemesisNL | 04/23/04
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Ohio Art does one better
Nullifidian | 04/23/04
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True, but ...
coffeenite | 04/23/04
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Don't give them the idea
Monkey_MCSE | 04/23/04
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I think there is prior art for that too
slopoke | 04/23/04
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He's dead though
Letophoro | 04/23/04
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Does he have family?
AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
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It Doesn't Matter Anyway
Letophoro | 04/23/04
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Oh, but it does...
AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
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Not Really
Letophoro | 04/26/04
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One Question Though ...
coffeenite | 04/23/04
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Prior art is a very valid defense.
drichards1953 | 04/23/04
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Maybe the Public Patent Foundation will seek to invalidate it
FilledOut | 04/23/04
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Not a bad idea
IT_User | 04/23/04
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At this rate
Arrg | 04/23/04
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U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 is a pile of BS
FirstNLastN | 04/23/04
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They patented the use of compression on devices
Bill Weisgerber | 04/23/04
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Devices???
rmerts@... | 04/26/04
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They're claiming covers...
Rick_K | 04/27/04
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Need for legal changes obvious.
Update victim | 04/23/04
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this patent is 20 years old
V Sanders | 04/23/04
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I wonder who's funding these lawsuits....
Rick_K | 04/23/04
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Hardware makers are being sued
Bill Weisgerber | 04/23/04
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Read the Article
Rick_K | 04/23/04
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Patent holders can't be wrong
Enterprise Analyst. | 04/23/04
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Oh, go read a Chick tract or something...
AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
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Patent must be more than a vague concept
drichards1953 | 04/23/04
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JPEG & MPEG
rmerts@... | 04/26/04
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Patent holders can't be wrong
seosamh_z | 04/23/04
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LOOKS LIKE A NAPSTER/RIAA SCENARIO - Are Consumers NEXT?
JohnRowlands | 04/23/04
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Let loose the hounds of law!!!
fjtorres | 04/23/04
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If you can't make money honestly...
chungkuo | 04/23/04
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seems we always have to tear things down
V Sanders | 04/25/04
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Are you sure McBride does not have a hand in this?
drichards1953 | 04/23/04
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it is unfortunate that...
ryusen | 04/23/04
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Not only Apple, but Unisys, AOL, IBM, and several others
drichards1953 | 04/23/04
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Well..
d_jedi | 04/23/04
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Patent on Wheelbarrow
JMusto | 04/23/04
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trucks are just giaint wheelbarrows
V Sanders | 04/26/04
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The U.S. Law on Patents
drichards1953 | 04/24/04
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Amiga IP
drichards1953 | 04/24/04
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
CobraA1 | 04/24/04
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Just use PNG forget gif and jpeg
FilledOut | 04/25/04
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JPEG 2000
j.m.galvin | 04/25/04
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I vaguely remember that format . . .
CobraA1 | 04/26/04
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Eighteen Months to Go
TomMariner | 04/26/04
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Wheres Microsoft?
OhMyGosh | 04/26/04
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Hiding in the background, looking for a way to buy or steal the patent
AbsolutelyNot | 04/26/04
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this is no better then
V Sanders | 04/26/04
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SCO tactics 101
Rick_K | 04/27/04
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