09.09.07
Gemini version available ♊︎Patent Law Reform — Are Monopolies the Biggest Winners?
The following video shows why the likes of Microsoft are happy about the type of reform that was approved on Friday.
This comes to show another angle.
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akf said,
September 9, 2007 at 7:11 am
Could you please explain, what the video is about, for those who cannot view it?
Thank you.
Roy Schestowitz said,
September 9, 2007 at 8:00 am
Sorry about this, but won’t Gnash/swfdec be able to handle it? The only other option would be to exclude videos altogether. Ripping them and hosting them locally (as Ogg Theora) would probably be a violation.