Sony / Philips buy Intertrust

Post #62,840 by Andrew Grygus 11/14/02 11:30:25 AM Reply	Sony / Philips buy Intertrust Intertrust had engaged in drawn out negotiation with Microsoft over it's Digitial Rights Management technology. Microsoft broke off the negotiations and issued new versions of Microsoft Media Player and other software which Intertrust claims blatently violate 11 of its patents. Microsoft immediately engaged their standard procedures - drag the court battle out until the plaintif runs out of money. The Sony / Philips buy adds "significant resources" to the plaintif's legal fund, and gives control of key patents to Sony and Philips. This seriously impacts Microsoft's standing in the most prominent of its 22 some odd patent appropriation lawsuits. Reported in Wall Street Journal today (11-14-02). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #62,846 by inthane-chan 11/14/02 11:42:51 AM Reply	petard.hoist(); DM: "OKay, you round the corner, and entering the alleyway, you see two men standing on eachother's shoulders." silence at the table Player: "F#$% it, we're fighting Cirque de Soleil! Run for your life!"
Post #62,934 by jb4 11/14/02 7:04:05 PM Reply	Tee Hee Hee Hee.....chortle jb4 "They lead. They don't manage. The carrot always wins over the stick. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink." Richard Kerr, United Technologies Corporation, 1990
Post #62,944 by static 11/14/02 7:47:36 PM Reply	And Sony in particular is known to be cool towards Microsoft "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #62,966 by Andrew Grygus 11/14/02 9:57:18 PM Reply	Cool? No, I don't think so. A company that plays musical chairs with Linux, IBM and AOL for B&B's weekly "enemy #1" slot, a company against which XBox and XBox Live are directly aimed, a company on which Microsoft has declared a death sentence, no, they cannot be "cool towards Microsoft". They've got the hots to ream Microsoft any chance they get. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #62,971 by static 11/14/02 10:17:39 PM Reply	Different meaning of cool. They don't talk cililly (in public) to each other much. :-) Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #62,985 by Ashton 11/15/02 12:49:26 AM Reply	DRDOS via Corel - redux? ____Love. It. Let The Fight Begin.. glaringly-public and all. We need same Happy infotainment, for a switch. A.

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