Received this in the colloquium mailbox. Anyone like to respond? -ppy
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----- Original Message ----- From: "belinda barnet" <belinda@senet.com.au> To: <samoulthrop@UBmail.ubalt.edu> Cc: <ted@xanadu.net>; <colloquium@bootstrap.org>; <recode@autonomous.org> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 2:54 PM Subject: FW: Biting the hand that feeds IT
> Is this for real? Everyone knows that Ted Nelson and Doug Engelbart > invented the hyperlink. _Someone_ tell me this is a hoax. > > > > > >----------------------------- > > > >Biting the hand that feeds IT: British Telecom claims ownership of hyperlinks > > > > > > > >By Tim Richardson > > > > > > > >"British Telecommunications (BT) claims it owns the patent to hyperlinks > > > >and wants ISPs in the US to cough up hard cash for the privilege of > > > >using them. > > > > > > > >The monster telco believes a patent filed in 1976--and granted in 1989-- > > > >proves it owns the intellectual property rights to those natty little > > > >devices that link Web content together. > > > > > > > >The patent was lodged following work on text-based online information > > > >systems Viewdata and Prestel by the General Post Office (GPO) before it > > > >was split into the Post Office and BT. > > > > > > > >BT believes it has a good case and has employed intellectual property > > > >experts, Scipher PLC, to fight its corner. > > > > > > > >Dr Ken Gray, chairman of Scipher, told AFX: "On behalf of BT we are > > > >attempting to licence (hyperlink technology), and inviting licences to > > > >be taken out by ISPs in the States." > > > > > > > >A spokesman for BT said: "We patented the principle of the hyperlink in > > > >the mid-70s when people were still wearing kipper ties and flares ..." > > > > > > > >See the whole article at The Register > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11450.html > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Never lose a file again. Protect yourself from accidental deletes, > > > >overwrites, and viruses with @Backup. > > > >Try @Backup it's easy, it's safe, and it's FREE! > > > >Click here to receive 300 MyPoints just for trying @Backup. > > > >http://click.egroups.com/1/5669/4/_/667319/_/961560802/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > >To unsubscribe, email media-culture-unsubscribe@onelist.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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