Nearest location to you is the Chicago Museum of Science located just
north of Lincoln Park in the Loop, Rich. Please understand that we
just ask that folks respect our intellectual property in the same
manner as we do theirs and are not looking for adversarial
environments of any kind.
Disney is but one of a hundred or so use licenses we have negotiated
to date. (We are not in the theme park business.) Some include just a
license for the non-redundant media delivery technologies that we
have developed. Many systems have been cobbled together by others and
still fit enough of the definitions expressed in our proprietary
description to warrant a license. Some venues include just our
software (soundscape mixes) delivered by any number of simple to
complex technologies installed by others. The remaining 2.5 dozen
venues feature complete installations that include both hardware and
software. On those, the patent text, meaning, and content are clear
and have never been successfully challenged.
Our charge for a license to employ this stuff is predicated entirely
on the size of venue and scope of use. Where the league is large and
permanent, the license fee is commensurate. Where the league is
small, the fee is fairly adjusted. We are completely unashamed of the
fact that we are a business. Although a more accurate company motto
should be "Non-profit, not-by-choice."
If you have any questions or need further clarification regarding
this issue, I'll be more than happy to address them off line and
directly.
All best,
Bernie Krause
Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
Tel: (707) 996-6677
Fax: (707) 996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>I am in MN USA but I travel a bit so any midwest location that does
>not resemble "disney" would be good. You don't have to worry about
>me and your patents as your product is in a different league and
>above what a single person would normally construct for a site. I
>suspect it comes with a price tag to match that feeling. I do find
>in reading your patent at the US Gov site the lines between what is a
>normal exhibit construction and what you patented hard to delineate.
>But once again I am sure that is not ever going to be my problem.
>
>Rich
>
>--- In Wild Sanctuary <>
>wrote:
>> No problem, Rich. Local pride is certainly admirable as is
>> authenticity (although nothing we do is unauthentic by any stretch
>of
>> the imagination). Just be sure to keep an open mind about the scope
>> of our patent and the necessary license to design and deliver such
>a
>> program/system commercially. I should note that Disney tried to
>> bypass it a few years back (corporate pride). After a serious and
>> robust challenge, even Disney relented and secured the required use
>> license.
>>
>> Our systems can be found operational in about 30 venues across the
>> country. Where do you live and I'll be happy to point you to the
>> closest one.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>>
>>
>> >--- In Wild Sanctuary
><>
>> >wrote:
>> >> Not so, Rich. It's a virtual no-brainer. All one needs to do is
>> >> divide the sound clips into ambient segments and species-
>specific
>> >> segments. Five dawn, midday, dusk ambient tracks give you 125
>> >> possible ambient combinations, alone. Add the species-specific
>> >tracks
>> >> to perform within the proper sequence with the proper segments
>and
>> >> our software does the rest giving the Owner a lifetime of
>different
>> >> performances with the same context and content.
>> >>
>> >> Our patent for the method and process (#5,293,358) was designed
>so
>> >> that a 10 year old can do the design, although I should point we
>> >have
>> >> nearly every kind of habitat imaginable (marine and terrestrial)
>> >> already conformed so that any choice just needs to be popped
>into a
>> >> system with the appropriate license from us, of course. Why
>build
> > >> another mouse-trap? With the appropriate license, it can be done
>> >> either way.
>> >>
>> >> Bernie
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >I guess I would build the other mouse-trap for authenticity, local
>> >pride, and because I am a recordist and also a work in progress
>that
>> >never has to repeat. I will watch for one of these systems and try
>> >and keep an open mind. But probably will not be able, to be
>honest.
>> >
>> >Rich Peet
>> >
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