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Article #266Re: IBOC : iBiquity HD-Radio Class-Action Lawsuits - It Don't Take a Rocket Scientist ~r~o~t~f~l~
From: Joel Koltner
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:50
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:50
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"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message news:4c981133$0$1636$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net... > There is no lawsuit. There is not going to be any class action lawsuit. This > is a law firm trying to see if there is any money to be made in a > settlement. There isn't. No one takes them seriously. Not iBiquity. Not BMW. > No one. Well perhaps are favorite anti-HD troll takes them seriously. You're probably right about all this, although it'll still be interesting to see if it goes anywhere at all or just immediately fizzles here. > No individual can invest in iBiquity as they are not a public company. Ah, good point -- I had forgotten that. I suppose then it only matters for, e.g., a radio station owner you're trying to decide whether or not it's worth the $$$ to purchase HD radio transmitters and start paying iBiquity royalties for using them. > Nor did the investors (mainly large station owners) expect any return beyond > the deployment of the HD system. It's likely that iBiquity will eventually > become part of a larger technology licensing company. They might become another Rambus then? -- HD radio itself will tend to go away, but iBiquity will stick around, taking in royalties eternally? :-) > We're moving the wrong way on that front. No evidence that 4G is going to > solve it either. Agreed, it'll be awhile. ---Joel
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