RE: IPIX against Panorama_Tools

[Tod Kuwahara <tkuwahara@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IPIX claims they own the copyright for the process of de-warping images from
an 8mm fisheye lense.  I would assume that there are several ways to get the
same results.  I don't see how this is a copyrightable technology.  Sure, if
you use their algorithms, there could be a problem, but if you do it your
own way, there should be no infringement.  Look at all of the programs and
algorithms for scaling an image.  Could the first person that figured that
out have copyrighted the process?  I don't think so.
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> From: 	Joshua Eskin[SMTP:josh@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Reply To: 	panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 	Thursday, April 08, 1999 2:12 PM
> To: 	panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; vr-issues
> Subject: 	RE: IPIX against Panorama_Tools
> 
> Helmut Dersch wrote:
> >
> > I have closed the Panorama Tools site
> > temporarily because of threats from IPIX corporation.
> 
> This represents a new low for IPIX.  I move we initiate the Helmut Dersch
> Legal Defense Fund.  I'm willing to contribute US$100 toward this good
> cause.  Not kidding, either.  If he has to hire a lawyer to answer this
> absurd charge, it's gonna cost a few pounds.  (Hey William Donnelson, know
> any good barristers ?)  Obviously, IPIX has the resources for
> million-dollar
> lawsuits against Infinite Pictures and others.  Their strategy obviously
> is
> to win through intimidation.  We in the industry had better stand up
> against
> this pressure wherever possible, or its US NEXT.  Helmut, who has given us
> so much for absolutely free, deserves our full support.
> 
> =Josh
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>   Joshua D. Eskin, PhD, President
>   Panoptic Vision, Inc, Boulder Colorado
>   303-417-9800    www.panopticvision.com
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