| ▲ | arghwhat 5 hours ago | |
To be clear, a patent is an exclusive right to the specific functional invention, and if that invention happens to cover the one and only way to talk to the device, then it'll be hard to make a driver. In many cases you'll be able to make one for yourself due to some funny-business around patent exhaustion. However, there is no universe where they can hold a valid patent that would encumber a driver for a regular USB display device. What they then might try to do is invoke DMCA, due to the device having DRM responsibilities (HDCP). If they get trusted HDCP treatment from media players on some platforms, they might fight tooth and nail to not be broken open in public as that might end up with them losing trust from content providers... Or maybe they're just assholes with no real rhyme or reason, who knows. | ||
| ▲ | jameshilliard 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> If they get trusted HDCP treatment from media players on some platforms, they might fight tooth and nail to not be broken open in public as that might end up with them losing trust from content providers... Yeah, I suspect the whole patent claim is just a ruse to try and prevent people from looking into their likely insecure HDCP implementation. | ||