Re: Acacia Media

[Steve Worona <sworona () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Acacia is a frequent topic on the CIO list. Check their archives (http://listserv.educause.edu/archives/cio.html) for a 
recent thread. (Searching on "Acacia" should do it.) Here's a relevant Chronicle article (no subscription required): 
<http://chronicle.com/free/2005/10/2005101302t.htm>. And another current update:
<http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/mjts/msg00030.html>.

Steve
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At 11:09 AM -0500 10/28/05, Christopher Chow wrote:
> this was headlined on MSN a year ago... some schools called it extortion by the company. i would consult with your 
> university's legal department to see whether your use of streamed media is significant enough to infringe on their 
> patent and what to do with it. Hopefully others might be able to share off list to the original poster what their 
> legal counsel has advised them to do ...
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5649731/
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> (this was published Aug 9, 2004)
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> Flagg, Martin D. wrote:
> > We recently received a legal notice (actually a contract) from Acacia
> > Media regarding a license for "all streaming media".  Not a copyright
> > notice but a notification that they own the patent on the "streaming
> > process".  I googled Acacia and received too much information.  Have you
> > received any such notices and how are you handling them.
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> > Martin D. Flagg
> > Network Engineer/Administrator
> > Hiram College