Potential threat to WHOLE Internet Community?

[gannboy]

Hi Marc and Dan,

Anyone kind enough to comment on this issue... I came across this problem which may have some impact on the whole IM community...

Read this post at :

Patent troll sending out invoices for image hyperlinks

Marc, what do you think? Do you have any upcoming solutions for this potential threat?

Please advise.

Eddy

[Robert]

I wouldn't worry about it.

Unless they plan to sue the whole world and even harder, Google, I don't think we will have a problem.

Just sit back and watch them fail.

[gannboy]

Hi Robert,

Kind enough to reply...

I am also quite skeptical on how much damage they can make... I believe Google's lawyers are already to take them head on...

They will fail no matter what... :-)

Eddy

[Robert]

They are just trying to drum up publicity.

They don't want to piss people off, they just want their names in the news. By making everyone stop linking images would give them more enemy's then they can handle.