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IBM Wants Patent On Conference Call Laugh Tracks
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| theodp writes "The first known use of a recorded laugh
| track is said to be in 1950, when the producers of the
| Hank McCune Show added canned laughter after the show's
| taping. Almost 60 years later, IBM says it deserves a
| patent for 'inventing' adding canned laughter to
| conference calls. 'A pre-selected stored sound (e.g.,
| an interjection such as a laugh) may be generated if
| there is a period of silence on one of the telephone
| lines that exceeds a threshold,' explains Big Blue in
| its just-published patent application for Enlivening
| Conference Calls to Make Conference Calls More
| Interesting for Participants. Eureka!"
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090914/0259236178.shtml
Paltalk Launches New Lawsuit Against MMOG Makers
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| Paltalk, which recently settled a patent infringement
| tussle with Microsoft, has launched a new lawsuit
| against Turbine, Sony and other MMOG makers over their
| alleged infringement of the same technology.
|
| Paltalk has filed suit against the makers of several
| popular MMOGs currently on the market, claiming the
| data-sharing technology employed in their games
| violates patents it purchased from the defunct company
| HearMe in 2002.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94747-Paltalk-Launches-New-Lawsuit-Against-MMOG-Makers
Recent:
IBM says software patents drive OSS development
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| In its Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court on the Bilski case, IBM is
| arguing that "patent protection has promoted the free sharing of source code
| [...] which has fueled the explosive growth of open source software
| development."
|
| [...]
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| Read also page 42 of the IBM letter:
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| In addition, disclosure of software inventions promotes collaboration
| among software developers (such as open source development)
|
| Insane.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-179907/ibm-says-software-patents-drive-oss-development
IBM flings FUD at Neon zPrimers
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| Â50 cash back & Â50 off selected Toshiba laptops
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| As El Reg anticipated when the zPrime mainframe acceleration software tool
| was announced by Neon Enterprise Software, the tool has not only gotten the
| attention of IBM, but has compelled Big Blue to warn its customers about
| using it.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/30/ibm_zprime_response/
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