--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Antonio Olivares > > > Who is the patent holder in this case? > > I have two links on one of my pages > > > > http://www20.brinkster.com/olivares/ > > > > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/ > > > > I understand up to a certain point. But > apparently > > there are too many patent owners and it will be > hard > > to keep up who has the upper hand in this issue. > > Precisely. Multimedia is a patent mine field. For > something like MP3, > there might be multiple patents that apply to > different parts of the > technology held by different entities. Even if you > decide to pay some of > the alleged patent holders, you might still be sued > by another entity. > This is what happened in the Microsoft lawsuit. > Refer to the earlier > link I gave you. > > > Suppose a musician records a disc. He/she > recorded > > that disc with a record company the record company > is > > the one that holds the key to the success of the > > company. If the artist wanted to put the music on > the > > net for free downloading, the record company would > > refuse to abide by the artists intentions. > > > > Who holds the patent to the disc, the creator, or > the > > company? > > Patents don't apply to any of these people. Only > copyrights do. Patents > apply to the specific part of the encoders/decoders. > > > Does not Microsoft have they lead here? They > cannot > > play a DVD by default? > > They don't have any advantage as far as DVD players > are concerned. > > I agree > > with many things, but I do not know why many > people > > say that many of these things are free. > > Some of the decoders are free and open source but > paten encumbered. If > you are in a region that does not enforce software > patents, the decoders > are indeed free and legal for you. > > Rahul > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Got it! :) Thanks Rahul for taking the time to explain these issues. I understand better. The encooders might be free, but they are patent encumbered and because of that make it hard to distribute. Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
