http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/09/19/does-zune-music-sales-technology-steal-from-weedshare/ Geek News Central is the technical weblog for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a twice weekly tech podcast Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/09/19/does-zune-music-sales-technology-steal-from-weedshare/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Jake Ludington Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:26:07 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/09/19/does-zune-music-sales-technology-steal-from-weedshare/#comment-3086 If WeedShare has a patent on playing a song three times free and then selling it, then it's a process patent not a technology patent. They are using WMA files with a DRM wrapper, which is a Microsoft developed (or acquired) technology, not a WeedShare developed technology. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The number of free plays in the existing Windows Media DRM is merely a parameter in the overall configuration of the wrapper at the time it's created. If WeedShare has a patent on playing a song three times free and then selling it, then it’s a process patent not a technology patent. They are using WMA files with a DRM wrapper, which is a Microsoft developed (or acquired) technology, not a WeedShare developed technology.

The number of free plays in the existing Windows Media DRM is merely a parameter in the overall configuration of the wrapper at the time it’s created.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/09/19/does-zune-music-sales-technology-steal-from-weedshare/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Jake Ludington Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:26:07 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/09/19/does-zune-music-sales-technology-steal-from-weedshare/#comment-3087 If WeedShare has a patent on playing a song three times free and then selling it, then it's a process patent not a technology patent. They are using WMA files with a DRM wrapper, which is a Microsoft developed (or acquired) technology, not a WeedShare developed technology. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The number of free plays in the existing Windows Media DRM is merely a parameter in the overall configuration of the wrapper at the time it's created. If WeedShare has a patent on playing a song three times free and then selling it, then it’s a process patent not a technology patent. They are using WMA files with a DRM wrapper, which is a Microsoft developed (or acquired) technology, not a WeedShare developed technology.

The number of free plays in the existing Windows Media DRM is merely a parameter in the overall configuration of the wrapper at the time it’s created.

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