No Problem. Welcome aboard this discussion forum. Dissenting opinions
are usually welcome, as long as the negative statements are justified
by some substantial input, and you are not just poo-poohing the participants
without some basis. I myself, have snarled back at people who come out
of nowhere, just to call us names just for the sake of provocation.
As you read and find out more, you'll find that the patent concerns the
method of downloading digital information for payment. The internet is
one (recent and prominent) application for what the patent arguably covers.
The patent is not prohibitive of communication and exchange of information
on the internet - it's more to do with downloading pay for use materials.
The patent also supposedly covers other forms of digital data transmission
for payment, such as CD's, and others.
The morality of the situation ? Good question. It could very well be a
opportunistic enterprise by the "3 men and a patent". The law is the law,
however and as you realize, the legal semantics are about to be worked
out in the 2 concurrent court cases. We will see what is to come..
The investing aspects ? This company, if successful, will be entitled
to royalities of considerable amounts. A few % of the growing internet
commerce paid as royalities to E-Data will result in substantial income for the
company and it's shareholders. At the current price, the risk vs reward
scenario is a very attractive one, and is the reason most of us are here.
Well, happy reading. The Oppedahl page has a part which allows you to
subscribe to a mailing list for interested parties. They monitor this
discussion forum, and funnily enough, my posts are often quoted to their
readership as examples of what is occurring here. I don't know why. I would
suggest joining this group, as they usually provide a quite timely update
and synopsis of what is happening in the court cases, as well as occassional
opinions about E-data's patent (mostly negative of course, but counterbalances
the mostly postive opinions on this particular thread I suppose).
Hear from you in the future, no doubt.
Regards
Durro. |
