On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Richard A. Smith wrote: > Further on the sampler side. I have purchased the patent and > challenge history for both of the patents held by Conexant and Nemesis > for a computer/disk based sampler. The patents are very broad and > IMHO very bogus. > > I have also been in contacted by Nemesis and they have indicated that > if I were to do anything that infringes on thier patent(s) they _WILL_ > litigate. My initial inquiries with a patent attorney indicates that > a typical patent fight runs about a Million dollars. A little more > than I can afford currently.
Recording audio to disk? Didn't Max Matthews / Laurie Spiegel and friends at the Bell Telephone Labs invent that? The "GROOVE" system? Back in the 1960s or 1970s?? Check Laurie's web page :-). -- M. Edward Borasky [EMAIL PROTECTED] The COUGAR Project http://www.borasky-research.com/Cougar.htm How to Stop A Folksinger Cold # 1 "Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play..." The antelope cheats.