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Subject: Re: FLASH: FLASH (OT) giff's and the Law
From: Paul
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:48:38 +0100

Surely it's the makers of GIF readers like Internet Explorer and Netscape
Navigator that would really pay license fees.

Trying to get companies to pay silly fees for using GIFs is ridiculous as
you say and totally unenforceable. All that would happen is another company
will set up offering free GIF -> Their format conversions and make money out
of advertising. Then that company Unisys won't make jack shit.

It's just a case of a company getting greedy

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>From: krowatprimenet [dot] com
>To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>Subject: Re: FLASH: FLASH (OT) giff's and the Law
>Date: Fri, Oct 1, 1999, 5:09 pm
>

> From: mbainatza [dot] ibm [dot] com
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Date sent: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:11:26 +0200
> Subject: Re: FLASH: FLASH (OT) giff's and the Law
> Send reply to: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>
> As stated, I agree, as long as one has his licecened software. I
> think Cheri's post cleared this up, with factual info for which I am
> grateful and relieved!
> You don't need to convince me-it's unisys that want their coffers
> filled.
> But that only provides impetus to switch to png, possibly better
> anyhow. So unisys maybe show themselves in the foot, here.
> There are plenty of web designers, with one eye open on this, and
> using all the jpeg's they can as well as png.
> Speaking of png, there is now an animated version (mng) -like
> animated gif's. Trouble is no browser support. While not once in
> blue moon would anyone get a "bill" over this, it is an issue that
> has come up in years past (a couple years ago) and again now.
> Yep, we are as snug as a bug in a rug. As long as we don't get
> stepped on. BTW I am not affiliated with any company-pro or con
> on this. Again, Cheri's post clears this up Much appreciated. AL
> http://www.cdrom.com/pub/mng/
>
>
>
> CRAP MAN !!!
>
> Thats like me trying to patent French Fries and then make everyone who sells
or
> eats them pay royalties.
> I am sure gifs would belong to the public domain ...
>
> Next someone is gonna patent URL's - and if you hAve a URL you pay
> ...ridiculous......
>
> Michael Bain
> "(A)bort (R)etry (I)nfluence with large hammer"
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>
> krowatprimenet [dot] com on 10/01/99 02:58:08 AM
>
> Please respond to flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> cc: (bcc: Michael Bain/South Africa/IBM)
> Subject: FLASH: FLASH (OT) giff's and the Law
>
>
>
>
>>From another respected group I belong to, came this. So what is
> the story behind 'gifs and Unisys's algorithm and the law, and the
> possibility of being in litigation! AL Lyman
>
>
> Unisys is now charging ANYBODY a royalty if they are using ANY
> gif's on
>>their web site. See, Unysis now has the patent for that format and
> are
>>planning to enforce the patent. So if your web site has ANY gif's,
> and they
>>know about it, you will get a bill for $5,000.00 for the rights to use
>>it!!!!
>
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