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| Time: 00:11 EST/05:11 GMT | News Source: Australian IT | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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A US court ruling that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser infringes a patent owned by a one-man firm will disrupt the entire web, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) warns. Going in to bat for Microsoft and "all users that depend on the web every day", W3C director and web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee says the patent is invalid due to "prior art". He says the court decision will cause "substantial economic and technical damage" to web users and developers. |
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| #1 By 19178 (12.33.32.8) at Tuesday, November 11, 2003 09:00:19 AM |
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There is no way the courts will let this destroy the infrastructure already setup. It's like someone coming forward and proving they were the real copyright holder of the phone-Alexander Graham Bell(or whoever invented the phone)-and the courts ruling that all existing phones were in violation and must be removed...there's no way in hell! It will be strictly a monetary issue between the involved parties. This post was edited by RP560 on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at 09:01. |
| #2 By 6859 (206.156.242.36) at Tuesday, November 11, 2003 09:18:52 AM |
| RP560 is right. MS will pay, lile $560 million for "licensing" or some other term, and the problem will go away. |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:34:34 AM |
| Cthulhu - Actually in this case, I think microsoft is going to court. they have to make a lesson of people filing frivilous lawsuits. |
| #4 By 6253 (64.204.105.163) at Tuesday, November 11, 2003 09:11:36 PM |
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Except, mOOzilla, that Opera is the only major browser produced entirely outside the US. If IE falls, it's only a matter of time before Mozilla (and all Gecko-based browsers) go down. After that, there really won't be any point for Opera to support a capability that 98.9% of the web was forced to abandon. Also, Opera Software maintains a US presence in Pflugerville, TX. They would have to shut down that office and halt all exports to the US. Otherwise, US court = jurisdiction over any non-US entity doing business in the US. Why do you think that the European Union is investigating Redmond, WA-based Microsoft Corp? It's because EU courts have jurisdiction over any company from any country, as long as the company is doing business in EU member nations. It has taken years for governments to adjust to the global nature of the Internet, but as all the child porn traffickers behind bars today will tell you: it's a myth that you can get away with anything just by being offshore.
Half a billion bucks is chump change to Microsoft, but that only covers past infringement. Without continued payment ($17 per copy of Windows sold from now until forever, is what I last heard), there is no choice but to change IE. The cascading effects will hurt Apple QuickTime, Macromedia Flash/Shockwave/Director, Sun Java, etc. This is the whole reason that the W3C is intervening. Anyone who thinks this is a Microsoft/IE thing is sadly mistaken. It truly is a blow to the World Wide Web, if not overturned on appeal. |
| #5 By 6253 (24.1.206.27) at Wednesday, November 12, 2003 03:15:35 AM |
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Sorry, dethonlegs, you're not completely informed.
Early reports claimed that Eolas was unwilling to settle, but they were mistaken. The bottom line is simply that Eolas wants big bucks. This was clarified back in September: http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5079642.html?tag=st_rn Sometimes, it pays to do a quick search before you pass on rumor and heresay. |
