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To: Frank A. Adessa who wrote (7421)	2/19/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: Johnny Stone	Respond to of 19109

Frank, What you say about fractals is true. It's like no one has rights to air since it's been there and free for a long time. However, the algorithm developed by Dr. Barnsley at Georgia Tech (I think) is a patented process. Iterated has the rights to it. TMM has the license to fractal video compression on optical storage media, or did at one time. This is what is in dispute with Iterated, our contention that we paid them for the final version of high resolution full motion video using fractals and they never delivered the product. Tmm also has certain rights to fractal still technology I believe. This is what is in dispute, or will be, with Altamira's former employees of TMM. We can use fractals if we want to. Liquid Picture comes to mind, a TMM product that was so close to being released according to Peter Olson that it made your mouth water. A lot of people bought stock. It is rumoured that Liquid Picture by another name is on the market today. Not by TMM, however. One of the big complaints that the compression world had against Barnsley was that he kept such a tight lid on the secrets of fractal compression that it made it impossible for others to advance the technology. Currently Iterated is in cahoots with MCI and Altamira, according to a news release, and they are advancing and using fractals. The one thing they have not come out with yet is fractal video on optical storage media. It's the only thing that gives me hope. On another note, I saw today where Sony and other biggies have announced that they have perfected an anti-piracy technology to use on digital media. Now they can put out their movies on CD or DVD and not have to worry about people copying and bootlegging their product. Hmmm...Looks like another one got by us. You snooze, you looze! shotgun j. jett