Comments on: September 2 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/september-2-roundup-4/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: HFB https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/september-2-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-301977 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:09:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=47962#comment-301977 Regarding the patent on internet broadcasting of episodes…err…”podcasting”: Would ABC (or, whoever was, technically, the 1st broadcaster) be able to sue NBC for over-air broadcasting? That’s what the medium is for after all if they could patent such nonsense.

Admittedly, I’ve not read the supposed “patent”, but this sounds entirely like patenting an idea and not a specific item or action to achieve the idea. If they could win for someone recording episodes to stream over the internet…how long until they sue Youtube accounts and such?

I really wish Carolla had the financial ability to fight this until the end but hopefully EFF’s suit will invalidate this garbage.

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