Oh and if you're ever curious: http://gametimeip.com/2011/10/07/inventor-of-patented-cgi-technique-runs-to-court-after-a-walt-disney-runaround/
Read the comments, not the article, they are a borderline unprecedented mix of disclosure and quiet, indignant rage. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > Of course he does, particularly with xGen going commercial. > He sued Disney over it and won an undisclosed settlement (it's not on > record whether it's royalties or a flat payment). > > http://patentexaminer.org/2011/10/disney-sued-for-infringing-virtual-hair-raising-patent/ > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Nick Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am sure he still makes money from it with that obscure little patent he >> holds... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Gardner >> Sent: Saturday, 10 August 2013 7:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Maya Xgen >> >> It beats having to pay Joe Alter for the privilege of having decent >> grooming tools... >> >> the xgen demo looks to be *ahem* a cut above shave's tools. (sorry) >> >> cheers, >> chrisg >> >> On 10 August 2013 15:22, Eric Lampi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > This just came across my feed on Facebook. It's so damned annoying to >> > see them make a huge deal out of this kind of pedestrian crap. OK the >> > hair stuff was nice, but is anyone really that impressed with a hair >> > styling tool? Exactly how often do you say to yourself "Oh no!! How am >> > I ever going to style the hair on these ALL of these characters!!??" >> >> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
