Sandisk gets MP3 players pulled from show - bit-tech.net Forums

Da Dego · 5th Sep 2006, 17:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09...led_from_show/

DougEdey · 5th Sep 2006, 17:38

Can we laugh?

Glider · 5th Sep 2006, 17:39

Ouch...

Sinner666 · 5th Sep 2006, 17:54

Is it just me or does this Sisvel dude seem like a whinny 3yr old who's not getting his way?

I mean his only real complaint seems to be that SanDisk developed and now uses their own MP3 decoding software or w/e instead of his. And if the report is right and SanDisk's method does not infringe upon this Sisvel dudes patten then I do not see where the German and Italian courts have gotten there standing.

I hope SanDisk wins and sues this guy for lost potential earnings along with the German and Italian courts.

DougEdey · 5th Sep 2006, 18:02

Sinner: Do you know the facts of the case? I doubt TWO courts would have sided with Sisvel (probably a company) if there wasn't proof.

Paradigm Shifter · 5th Sep 2006, 18:08

I wonder if this means the players will get pulled from stores? I was waiting for the 8GB ones to appear, but if this goes the way it looks like it might, I think I'll snap one up now...

*goes and orders one on Amazon*

Sinner666 · 5th Sep 2006, 18:10

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

Sinner: Do you know the facts of the case? I doubt TWO courts would have sided with Sisvel (probably a company) if there wasn't proof.

No. Hence why I said "And if the report is right...".

I haven't researched the case. Have you? If so would you be so kind as to enlighten the rest of us of the facts?

Its my opinion based on the information presented in the article which made it appear that Sisvel, man or coropration, is simply whinning that SanDisk came up with their own MP3 decoding software and now refuse to pay royalties to Sisvel because of it.

TheoGeo · 5th Sep 2006, 19:30

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Sandisk can unfairly compete by not paying these royalties and thus offer a cheaper player than the competition.

Yeh, thats really what they're concerned about.

They dont want companies to find another way to decode mp3s because it means they could stop gettting the hundreds of thousands in royalties they are currently getting.

I personally hope sandisk win this. I see the mp3 copyright outdated and pointless.

sunnyg · 5th Sep 2006, 19:34

i can just imagine some burlly men walking in with baseball bats and pliers taking everything down.

pjotero · 5th Sep 2006, 20:31

someday I wil take a copyright on the letter E and charge 1cent for every time someone writes it.

specofdust · 5th Sep 2006, 20:41

According to the right honourable gentleman(slashdot), mathmatical patents are not legal in the Eu, which means this thing, is bogus. It'll be intresting to see, assuming the above fact is true, how quickly this gets thrown out of court and sandisk counter sue for screwing up their show.

yahooadam · 5th Sep 2006, 20:55

quite amusing ...
2 courts have ruled against them so far, so it doesn't look good for them
but if it does turn out their wrong .... well i don't think they could counter sue, as it was the ruling of the court that forced them out the show, not sisvel

DXR_13KE · 6th Sep 2006, 01:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjotero

someday I wil take a copyright on the letter E and charge 1cent for every time someone writes it.

i will invent another letter similar to E and use it instead of your E. you wont get my money.

as for this, it is stupid, it is impossible that 2 courts ruled that sandisk did something ilegal. i hope sandisk rapes them.

yahooadam · 6th Sep 2006, 01:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

i will invent another letter similar to E and use it instead of your E. you wont get my money.

as for this, it is stupid, it is impossible that 2 courts ruled that sandisk did something ilegal. i hope sandisk rapes them.

like using 3 instead of e

dire_wolf · 6th Sep 2006, 06:06

Looks like it's now or never to buy one of these beauties, I should imagine the prices will be going up pretty sharpish

Paradigm Shifter · 8th Sep 2006, 13:06

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5326660.stm

Bit of a newsflash. Sandisk won the court case.

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Sinner666 Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 101	Is it just me or does this Sisvel dude seem like a whinny 3yr old who's not getting his way? I mean his only real complaint seems to be that SanDisk developed and now uses their own MP3 decoding software or w/e instead of his. And if the report is right and SanDisk's method does not infringe upon this Sisvel dudes patten then I do not see where the German and Italian courts have gotten there standing. I hope SanDisk wins and sues this guy for lost potential earnings along with the German and Italian courts. __________________ I less than three you.

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Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,213	I wonder if this means the players will get pulled from stores? I was waiting for the 8GB ones to appear, but if this goes the way it looks like it might, I think I'll snap one up now... goes and orders one on Amazon __________________ Core i7 920 D0 @ 3.8GHz \| 6GB Corsair 1600MHz \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 \| XFX 4870X2 2GB \| 4TB \| WUXGA

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yahooadam Ultra csavarkulcs Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,323	quite amusing ... 2 courts have ruled against them so far, so it doesn't look good for them but if it does turn out their wrong .... well i don't think they could counter sue, as it was the ruling of the court that forced them out the show, not sisvel

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8th Sep 2006, 13:06	#16
Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,213	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5326660.stm Bit of a newsflash. Sandisk won the court case. __________________ Core i7 920 D0 @ 3.8GHz \| 6GB Corsair 1600MHz \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 \| XFX 4870X2 2GB \| 4TB \| WUXGA