Comments on: Clear Channel kills live CDs

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 28 May 2004 09:17:25 +0000

you obviously need to learn how costly and difficult it is and
the high probability after years of toll to get nawt.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 May 2004 21:52:55 +0000

you took the workds out of my mouth!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 May 2004 16:46:40 +0000

I bet the guy who came up with the idea of selling popcorn in movie theatres must be kicking himself.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 May 2004 09:54:23 +0000

RE: “What I want to know is, who are the idiots at the US patent office who are granting these so called patents”

They are lawyers who all work dangerously close with each other…the good ‘ole boys club. U.S. Gov’t patent lawyers who “help” Clear Channel’s lawyers get a patent have a nice job waiting for them when they jump to private enterprise and work for oh let’s say CLEAR CHANNEL!!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 May 2004 05:30:25 +0000

patents are a violation of human rights

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 May 2004 23:24:27 +0000

“Clear Channel Entertainment now claims it owns the patent – as well as the exclusive right to sell concert CDs after shows.”

Clear Channel is no angel in this case (or any other that I can see). If they apply for a patent on selling dog turds with band logos on them at live shows and it is granted, can you blame them? What I want to know is, who are the idiots at the US patent office who are granting these so called patents in the first place? What is wrong with patent law? This is like a grocery store chain patenting grocery bags. All I know is, I’m putting in my patent applications for fire and the wheel TODAY.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 May 2004 22:29:12 +0000

So Clear Channel “Claims” to own the rights to all live recording???
Look up Clear Channel’s so called patent on “all” live recording…U.S. Patent No. 6,614,729 (link below). From a “purely legal perspective”, (an oxymoron) Clear Channel would not be granted the right to claim all live recording, no more than they would be granted the right to keep others from speaking or breathing (silent gasp). An impartial jury would never uphold Clear Channel’s so-called free enterprise right to prevent others from getting in the business, but you can bet Clear Channel’s lawyers can rain trouble longer than other startups can tread water. In corporate legal matters, it’s no longer about who’s right or wrong, it’s who can pay their lawyers more and longer…BUT there are occasions when right prevails, but it takes deep thought, conviction and talent, all things large organizations don’t typically have.

cut and paste to browser:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=6,614,729&OS=6,614,729&RS=6,614,729

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 May 2004 22:27:42 +0000

Clear Channel = Satan

Corporate radio sucks.