[ahab228]

isn't Shazam a Free download from the appstore. I believe it is which is the only reason i downloaded it.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by sayam

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In the patent, the company described it's application as relating "to a music identification/purchasing system, specifically to a method for marking the time and the name of the radio station in portable device such as a key holder, watch, cellular phone, beeper or the like which will allow the user to learn via internet or regular telephone the name of the song, artist and/or music company by matching the stored data with broadcast archive."
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So, they hold the patent to Sony's emarker, because that's EXACTLY how it worked.
Sony eMarker: How a Clever System Works

Shazam, on the other hand, can ID music from any source. Hear something coming out of the speaker in the doctor's office? It's not going to come up on a database of what was being played on local radio.

Originally Posted by sayam

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This is quite similar to the core functionality of Shazam app that recognizes music being played from any source such as a radio, audio player etc, locates it in it's database and allows you to "tag" it to get certain information about the track like lyrics, related youtube videos, track review and much more, and even provides iTunes and Amazon link to purchase it.
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That's not at all the same. At issue here is the mobile identification technology, which has nothing to do with comparing time codes to a database of what was playing on the air at that moment. Everything else is the same related info as iTunes or Windows Media Player would give you.

[shabz_de_don]

ouch thats gotta be painful!!! apple do need to lose a few dont ya think

[A.T]

Apple aren't going to lose, neither are any of the other companies. It's just all these companies are jealous of the profits these companies make and so they decide to sue even it's just plain stupid.

[boe_dye]

maybe Pandora ought sue apple for the Genius feature that is now implemented in iTunes.

We should just have everyone sue everyone for something so that everyone get's it out of their sue happy system and then we will all realize that taking someone to court isn't anything at all like judge judy and that it is ultimately a long, expensive physically and emotionally draining process that would be better suited for doing something useful with our lives.

Those are just my thoughts on the whole matter.

[discostar]

isn't Shazam Erica Sadun's program? Originally the jail broken app "Listen"?

Either way, this law suit sounds frivolous to me. I hope the judge just throws it out and tells that company to get over it.

[disturbedreaper]

its a completely difernt system they have a simalar goal but all there does is recor the time and station which anyone with a pen and paper could do you ever see thouse things were a little detail is changed well this isnt even a copy so i dont see how this has a ground to stand on
also shazam is god's favorite app an if any thing happend to it he would be agry

[iphoneman123]

That's just plane stupid...

Lawyers aint gonna do squat!!!

[sapphoseattle]

Lawsuits against Apple will only stifle technology at the expense of endusers

[tattoojack]

at this point, suing apple is a marketing ploy to get your business name in the news.

think about how famous you would be on myspace if you sued apple for not giving you mms in your iphone.

instant million friends!

lol

[canadiancow]

Originally Posted by Jordo_6

This is Stupid lol, Shazam is great! I've used it pretty much every since it came out and last night alone I used it more than 5 times.

While I do question the merits of the lawsuit, your post makes no sense. You're saying that I can commit patent infringement as long as I develop a good product?

[faiz1120]

lmao SHAZAM FTW LOL........the courts throwing this case out its to late cause shazam been out for a while.....i use all the time lol.......its the best app ever lol.....after air mouse pro!!!!!^.^

[CaptainChaos]

If there is a legitimate gripe then they should be compensated.

[jayune]

hahahahahaha heck yea suing apple is sort out a popularity thing, i'm hearing of companies I never knew existed. Oh well anyone here want to team up and sue apple.......seriously hahaha

[StealthBravo]

class action mms suit?