Re: [NTLK] Interesting Patent (was Re: Euro filing reveals Apple 'handheld computer')

From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Mon Aug 16 2004 - 10:38:20 PDT


> So the situation is this: either they sit on some code that they can
> never ever expect to sell, or they release that very same code to the
> community. What exactly was there to like about these people again?

   This could apply to (almost) all of the Newton codebase as well.
Unless Apple wants the license it in it's *entirety*, or create a new
Newton based on the old instead of some MacOSX derivative - neither of
which they seem to want to do.

   OT: It also applies to a great many *big* media companies that hold
onto IP, even if they never intend on releasing in to the public, even
though (albeit only a relatively small few) people want it released -
most of whom have no idea how to navigate the muddy waters of copyright
and contract negotiation.. I *really* hope that Paramount releases a
"The 4400" score CD - and *soon* - considering they just recently
prohibited the person who actually sang the theme from distributing it
free to her fans.. (Not like it wasn't proabbly all over the Internet
before the first episode of "4400" had finished airing.. This
prohibition was a good 7 *weeks* after the series started to air..
Hmm, does Viacom smell money here? Could have been a little more
timely in informing people of who actually owns the song, couldn't
they? <grumble, grumble>

Jim Witte
Film Score Music Project
www.bloomington.in.us/~jswitte/fsmp.html
(Coming Soon..)

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