Sounds great and I am due to re-visit the Chicago Museums as it is a
wonderful place. If I ever look into non-redundent media I will check
with you. What a great customer to have but I would have expected
you to have been across the street at the Natural History Museum as
that is a better customer yet. Good luck.
rich
--- In Wild Sanctuary <>
wrote:
> 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
> >
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