Came across this on google+ (thank you for invite GG and Arochester)
Thu, Jul 28th 2011
That Didn't Take Long: Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement Just Weeks After Entering US Market
Hello Spotify. Welcome to America, where if you do anything even remotely innovative, you get sued for patent infringement. Indeed, just a couple weeks after entering the US market (finally), Spotify is being sued by PacketVideo for patent infringement.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...s-market.shtml
I wonder if the average M$/Apple computer user soon will find this patent war as disturbing as the linux/FOSS user do.
one comment on that article linked to this radio show. I haven't listened to it yet though.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radi...patents-attack
Thu, Jul 28th 2011
That Didn't Take Long: Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement Just Weeks After Entering US Market
Hello Spotify. Welcome to America, where if you do anything even remotely innovative, you get sued for patent infringement. Indeed, just a couple weeks after entering the US market (finally), Spotify is being sued by PacketVideo for patent infringement.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...s-market.shtml
I wonder if the average M$/Apple computer user soon will find this patent war as disturbing as the linux/FOSS user do.
one comment on that article linked to this radio show. I haven't listened to it yet though.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radi...patents-attack