17
Apr
Netflix files to sue Blockbuster to shut down on-line service
Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. on Tuesday sued rival Blockbuster Inc. for patent infringement, asking a federal judge in Northern California to shut down Blockbuster’s 18-month-old online rental service and award Netflix damages, according to a copy of the filing.
Perhaps what Netflix is really worried about is that Blockbuster has already signed up 1.2 million customers in just 18months and with the added feature of a free rental in-store each week, Blockbuster doesn’t seem like a good idea, it looks like a great idea, espically when the cost is identical…frankly I think all the problems that were brought up with the whole blackberry thing already showed a problem with the whole patent on an idea…saying that no one else can rent DVD’s and charge no late fee’s is asnine…and then saying that you can’t let users have a ‘wish list’ or as blockbuster calls it ‘my queue’ as a patentable idea is just stupid….Welcome to CrzyLand
-Nic
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