Acacia Lowers Streaming Video Royalties

(via Techdirt) Acacia, the controversial streaming media patent company, is lowering its royalty demands of the nation’s colleges and universities.
A lot of colleges are worried about the fees, and Acacia now says it would exempt colleges from paying royalties on streaming video that produces no income. Colleges with small distance-learning programs could be exempted, and the minimum royalty for larger colleges could be as low as $1,000 annually.
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