Re: Morality and Pirated Software

by Jim Tom Polk <jtpolk(at)austin.rr.com>

Date:	23 Jul 2002 18:21:22 -0500
To:	"hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org" <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-945686.html?tag=fd_lede

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A small videoconferencing  company (Forgent) is laying a patent claim to
the ubiquitous JPEG format.

Forgent has a wide swath of the Internet in its sights, as it will
consider any company that doesn't pay to use JPEG a pirate. 
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So, it probaly looks like everyone who is creating JPEG's is probably a
pirate, and we did not even know it (at least according to this company)



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"You might as well fall flat on your face 
 as lean over too far backwards."         - James Thurber
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     		                      - G'Kar  "Survivors"

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