Comments on: MRT takes another shot at Apple http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12869 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12869#comment-147576 Reader's Write Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:10:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12869#comment-147576 "MRT's unique intellectual property is designed to exist with other content control technologies," says MRT founder Hank Risan. "The IP portfolio addresses vulnerabilities in the current DRM technologies and contributes to a superior consumer experience." It appears that the IP portfolio includes seven published US Patent applications 20040236945 Method and system for controlled media sharing in a network 20040186993 Method and system for controlling presentation of media on a media storage device 20040123103 Method for redirecting of kernel data path for controlling recording of media 20040103300 Method of controlling recording of media 20040103297 Controlling interaction of deliverable electronic media 20030221127 System and method for providing global media content delivery 20030172033 Method and system for providing location-obscured media delivery A quick search of these applications shows some difficulty brewing in the patent area http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair 20040236945 06-11-2007 Non-Final Rejection 20040186993 07-18-2007 Final Rejection 20040123103 05-03-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again 20040103300 04-17-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again 20040103297 02-20-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again 20030221127 05-30-2007 2x Final Rejections, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again 20030172033 01-29-2007 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU Then comes the increased CRB taxes on streaming sites ... The Copyright Royalty Board has, in effect, placed huge new taxes on Web sites that stream songs. For those of you who love Pandora, this tax would effectively put it out of business, along with many other streaming Internet radio stations. But there is a company that is fighting tooth-and-nail against this tax, and it’s based in Santa Cruz. Media Rights Technology deals with putting rights management issues in the hands of artists rather than the corporations. They also own www.bluebeat.com, one of the finest Internet radio stations out there. “MRT’s unique intellectual property is designed to exist with other content control
technologies,” says MRT founder Hank Risan. “The IP portfolio addresses vulnerabilities
in the current DRM technologies and contributes to a superior consumer experience.”

It appears that the IP portfolio includes seven published US Patent applications

20040236945 Method and system for controlled media sharing in a network
20040186993 Method and system for controlling presentation of media on a media storage device
20040123103 Method for redirecting of kernel data path for controlling recording of media
20040103300 Method of controlling recording of media
20040103297 Controlling interaction of deliverable electronic media
20030221127 System and method for providing global media content delivery
20030172033 Method and system for providing location-obscured media delivery

A quick search of these applications shows some difficulty brewing in the patent area
http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair

20040236945 06-11-2007 Non-Final Rejection
20040186993 07-18-2007 Final Rejection
20040123103 05-03-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again
20040103300 04-17-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again
20040103297 02-20-2007 Final Rejection, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again
20030221127 05-30-2007 2x Final Rejections, Req for Continued Exam then Non-Final Rejection again
20030172033 01-29-2007 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU

Then comes the increased CRB taxes on streaming sites …

The Copyright Royalty Board has, in effect, placed huge new taxes on Web sites that stream songs.
For those of you who love Pandora, this tax would effectively put it out of business, along with many
other streaming Internet radio stations. But there is a company that is fighting tooth-and-nail against
this tax, and it’s based in Santa Cruz. Media Rights Technology deals with putting rights management issues
in the hands of artists rather than the corporations. They also own www.bluebeat.com, one of the finest
Internet radio stations out there.

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