e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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I don't see anything in the latest 10Q re B&O (nor in the previous one for that matter). However, here's what the license agreement for the 9/15/03 release of the Beosound 2 firmware says:

BANG & OLUFSEN TERMS OF USE

Use of Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 requires that you accept the terms of this End User License Agreement. Continuing to download the software constitutes an implicit acceptance of the terms of the Agreement. Neither purchase of BeoSound 2 nor acceptance of the terms of the Agreement permit you to use any Name, Logo or Trademark used or registered by Bang & Olufsen. Reverse engineering, decompilation, disassembling of the software or any of its content is prohibited. Rental, leasing, networking, resale, or redistribution of the software is also prohibited. Bang & Olufsen are not liable for any loss or damage including, but not limited to, direct damage, direct loss, loss of profits, consequential loss, personal injury and injury to personal property which may result from downloading the software, using the software, inability to use the software or defects in the software.

Bang & Olufsen strongly advise you not to download illegal music. Bang & Olufsen are under no circumstances liable for any content stored using the software, nor do Bang & Olufsen provide you with any license or permission to use any Name or any Intellectual Property Right, including any rights, patents or Trademarks.

The software contains portions based upon Microsoft Media Technologies. Copyright © 2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows Media and the Windows Logo are registred trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

MicroOS Operating System (U.S. Patent # 5,787,445)

Unless we sold our MOS patent to B&O, I suspect that they are still paying us royalties.

( Anyone wanting to verify this can get the download at http://www.bang-olufsen.com/sw1840.asp )