On 2006-09-02, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apple settles iTunes software interface lawsuit
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>| Specifically, Contois documented 19 interface aspects of the iTunes
>| software that it claimed were in direct violation of Contois' patent.
>| Those areas included iTunes' menu selection process to allow the user to
>| select music to be played, the ability of the software to transfer music
>| tracks to a portable music player, and search capabilities such as
>| sorting music tracks by their genre, artist and album attributes.
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> http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2012
Nevermind Amarok.
When do these jokers start suing the Virgin Megastores?
Media Play?
Sam Goody?
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> One wonders what makes AmaroK, or Songbird, or Rhythmbox, or GTKPod an
> exception. Software patents are preposterous, especially when they are
> trivial. Microsoft patenting emoticons? Amazon (Bezos) patenting
> recommendations?!?! it's all bound to collapse.
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Apple: because TRANS.TBL is an mp3 file. It really is! |||
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