] E-Data, a Long Island-based company that's focused
] largely on licensing its patents, contends that
] Microsoft, Internet service provider Tiscali and digital
] music company OD2 are collectively trespassing on its
] rights with their new music download services, recently
] released in several European countries. E-Data is asking
] that the services, variously called MSN Music Club and
] Tiscali Music Club, be shut down until a patent licensing
] deal is worked out.

bullshit patent or legitimate case? seems kinda tenuous to me, but....

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