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Internet pr0n is doomed.

sd412 said:
Forge networks has revealed that they own the patent on .jpg compression and are now planning to charge royalites for use of the images.
http://ir.forgent.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314044

This is scary for the pr0n industry, just imagine if the rate is $0.25/image. Some sites hold over 100,000 images (Thumbnails, etc.) They could easily owe Forge $25K.
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This happened some years ago with the .gif compression. Nothing happened. It's like saying you own the beach, and whenever the water touches it, the ocean owns you money. I wouldn't go worrying about internet porn just yet.
 
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RastaPope said:


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This happened some years ago with the .gif compression. Nothing happened. It's like saying you own the beach, and whenever the water touches it, the ocean owns you money. I wouldn't go worrying about internet porn just yet.
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Yeah.. ever wonder why some imaging products don't save to .gif right out of the box?
 
pretty_lil_stranger said:
Sigh...just more internet crap that's meant to scare people. Take a deep breath and don't worry unless it actually happens. :)
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Well when the UFOs DO land expect one big "I told you so" from me...
 
Oh, yeah. That is really going to happen.

Hey guys...
I've got three cases of bootleg JPEGS and I am selling them off at 1000 bucks a peice.
Psst... pass it on.
 
Just more postering by a company to try to get royalty fees out of other companies. IIRC, it was Sperry Rand or one of its spinoffs that owned the patent to LZW compression, and the softare industry came up with an alternative rather than meet their demands, now LZW is pretty much in the public domain.

Same will go for JPEG, if the claim is valid. There are a number of other alternatives, including PNG. JPEG is just one of many image file formats (I count at least 14 different formats in one program I use). Don't worry, should this really prove a threat, there a few million software engineers out there who will come up with something even better and everybody will convert, but I doubt it will go that far.

This is why it is good to go with Open Source and open architecture formats rather than proprietary formats.
 
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