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Probably not or it would have been on the news and you would start seeing p2p communications again. It’s not rocket science, after all.
by tinus_hn 6y ago
Probably not or it would have been on the news and you would start seeing p2p communications again. It’s not rocket science, after all.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoBut p2p streaming has been around since the mid 2000's ?? (Pre-Microsoft Skype, Miro, Joost, Tribler...) And for some recent examples : what about Popcorn Time ? Or PeerTube ? EDIT : Oh, I guess that most of those are technically not "streaming", but "watching while downloading" like YouTube or FTP+VLC ?
- tinus_hn 6y agoThe court does not agree with you. A peer to peer communication service, like FaceTime was originally, violates the patents.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoOk, so : when was this patent approved, and when does it expire ?
- tinus_hn 6y agoI think this year but I suggest you look it up yourself, they probably are mentioned in the court documents and the dates are public.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoI can't find any specific dates (and I'm not going to go fishing into court documents), but wow, this has been going on for more than a decade now ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirnetX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirnetX > Separately, in December 2014, Microsoft and VirnetX settled patent disputes over Skype technology for $23 million.