Re: FLASH: FLASH (OT) giff's and the Law

[Cheri Harder]

http://mis.about.com/business/business/mis/library/weekly/aa090199.htm is an

article at About.com about the issue......following is an excerpt.


According to Roblimo, the bottom line according to Unisys is:



"...if the GIFs on your Web site were created with software that is licensed

by Unisys, you are fine. Nobody at Unisys is going to try to get $5000 or

even $0.50 out of you. Period."

Unisys says that most of the major graphic software vendors (e.g. Adobe,

Corel, JASC, Macromedia, Microsoft, AOL/Netscape, et al) have licenses, so

you can use those products to create your GIFs and use the GIFs with

impunity.


 ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

Advantage Web Solutions

http://members.home.com/cherica

AdvantageWebSolutionsHome [dot] com (mailto:AdvantageWebSolutionsHome [dot] com)

> From another respected group I belong to, came this. So what is

> the story behind 'gifs and Unisys's algorithm and the law, and the

> possibility of being in litigation! AL Lyman

>

>

> Unisys is now charging ANYBODY a royalty if they are using ANY

> gif's on

> >their web site. See, Unysis now has the patent for that format and

> are

> >planning to enforce the patent. So if your web site has ANY gif's,

> and they

> >know about it, you will get a bill for $5,000.00 for the rights to use

> >it!!!!




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