Patent Busting Project
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Wanted: Seer Systems

Description: A system for joining different musical data types together in a file, distributing them over the internet, and then playing that file.
Patent Name: System and method for generating, distributing, storing and performing musical work files
Patent Number: 5,886,274
Critical Date: July 11, 1997

Crimes against the public domain

  • Currently threatening small companies trying to innovate in this field, like Beatnik
  • Threatening to compromise at least two public media standards — MPEG4 and XMF

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