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AEBN Stands Against Acacia

The Adult Entertainment Broadcasting Network (AEBN) formally declared itself a legal adversary of Acacia Technologies Group, the holder of patents pertaining to the streaming of audio and video content

opinion

The Acacia Issue: A Look At The Options

Recently, Acacia sent letters to those who provide “access” to sites allegedly violating their patent claims by streaming video. Most of these new targets are affiliates or link lists, and do not actually stream videos

Lawrence G. Walters, Esq. ·

Acacia On Contributory Infringement

Acacia Technologies Group continues to send the adult entertainment industry spinning on its heels, most recently with a flurry of letters regarding the fuzzy matter of contributory infringement

Acacia Adds Hustler, Vivid & Wicked

Acacia Research entered into licensing agreements today with Larry Flynt's Hustler websites, Vivid Entertainment, and Wicked Pictures, bringing the tally of DMT licensing agreements to 47

New Acacia Deadline

After shutting down approximately 42 websites over the weekend owned by adult site operator Go Entertainment, Acacia will be taking off the kid gloves by Nov. 30 of this year and raising royalty rates

Acacia Adds Charges

The latest development in the Acacia Media Research lawsuit against members of the adult entertainment industry that use video streaming technology took a surprising turn this week following a significant motion by the U.S. District Court.

opinion

Fighting the Acacia Patents: 2

In Part 1 of this article, Brandon examined the fundamental issues behind Acacia’s patent claims, and how they affect our industry. But is there nothing at all that adult Webmasters can do to fight Acacia’s patent claims? Or should we just pull out our checkbooks?

Brandon ·
opinion

Fighting the Acacia Patents: 1

In a recent AVN poll, 80% of the responding webmasters don’t care or even know about the Acacia patent issue. For those of you that have not been following the news or message boards, Brandon will present a summary of the issues and some possible actions

Brandon ·