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Brightcove Granted Broad Patent For Online Video
- mkr-hn 15y agoI'm doubtful that a 27,000 word patent can be accurately described in a three paragraph blurb.
- Maro 15y ago1 year ago they did 400,000 vids/month, now it's 700,0000,000 vids/month? Is that a typo?
- gnubardt 15y agoYeah, they just posted a correction, it's up from 400 million/month.
- michaelrlitt 15y agoWhy would they issue such a broad patent? They've essentially patented video content distribution. What are providers like YouTube, Vidyard, Vimeo, Ooyala, 23Video, etc. going to do? Software patent law needs to give it's head a shake. This is going to cause nothing but grief for the semi-competitive landscape.
- 3am 15y agoIn all fairness, Brightcove was first on a lot of this stuff. Hard to believe they're 7 years old, older than Youtube. The content distribution model was what they did from the start, too. (Former BCer)
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- 3am 15y agoThat was a low-class downvote....