The "patent violations" only apply to embedded video. The sort of link that started this thread, a direct link to a video or metafile that opens a player, is not covered.
What is covered seems to be video embedded in a webpage through activex or the netscape plugin system. The workaround from MS is to script the embed in ASP "outside" the HTML. On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Cheryl D. Wise wrote: > It is not Microsoft security it is the result of the Eolas Patent litigation > that upheld the Eolas patent for "automatic launching of a helper > application". Microsoft was the first browser manufacturer sued for patent > infringement and lost (partly because the judge did not allow evidence of > "prior art" to be presented at trial - which could have invalidated the > patent). Microsoft has appealed. The W3C has asked that evidence of specific > technologies and specifications that were publish a year or more prior to > the patent being filed be considered by the court and that the patent be > invalidated. _______________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - learning UNIX very slowly SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org http://www.metroencoding.com ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
