Directory > Computers > Data Formats > Graphics > 2D > GIF > News and Media Unisys Is At It Again! From browserwatch.internet.com. "Unisys the folks that own the patent on the LZW compression 'technology' that is used to save files in the .gif format is at it again... This time instead of going after the software developers they have chosen to hit the web site owners!" http://browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/news-990830-8.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Unisys Demanding License Fees Unisys, the holder of the LZW data compression patent used in GIF formatted graphics, is taking a hardline against intranet and internet web sites by demanding that they acquire licenses. [MIS Guide About.com] http://mis.about.com/library/weekly/aa082999.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Fugitive From Justice (Web Techniques, Dec 1999) Account by Lincoln. B. Stein, in Webtechniques. http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/1999/12/webm/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Unisys Not Suing (most) Webmasters for Using GIFs From Slashdot.org. "If you use GIF graphics created with certain freeware programs, your chosen program uses LZW compression to create GIFs without license to use it, you may be violating a Unisys patent." http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/31/0143246.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pigdog Journal (Laughable Technology) -- Unisys Is a Bunch of Retards "Eventually, with this pressure, EVERYONE is going to ditch GIF in favor of PNG. Web folks will stop asking image software vendors to support GIFs, and the software guys won't want to pay the license fees so they'll just stop supporting GIF." http://pigdog.org/auto/laughable_technology/link/855.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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GIF Unisys the Boot GIF Unisys the Boot: It's Time to Kick Some Lawyer Tail, But... http://webdeveloper.com/refresh/refresh_083199.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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