The case of Valve versus Leigh Rothschild and all associated companies has come to an end, with Valve coming out the clear winner in this one.
  • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    55·
    2 months ago

    “System and method for storing broadcast content in a cloud-based computing environment”

    What a bullshit patent. Twitch and other streaming services have been doing this for longer than this patent have existed most likely.

          • Nastybutler@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            2 months ago

            Pied Piper was threatened with a lawsuit by a patent/IP troll. When Richard went to talk to him during his “everything can be solved by just talking it out” phase he learned the guy was also the owner of music copyright for an old song that he used to threaten musicians.

            His solution was to find an older example of that song (using their software) and threaten the guy with losing his copyright on the song that was his main moneymaker.

            So in this one case talking it out face to face did pay off. Unlike talking to Ed Chen

            • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              2 months ago

              Thanks, I remember now!

              Yes, that show is notably fiction, though so firmly rooted in the reality of Silicon Valley that it was at times almost painful to watch while working and living there. Also everyone started calling me Gilfoyle.

    • forrgott@lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, the fact such a nonspecific patent was granted in the first place shows pretty clearly there’s something wrong with the system!