Interviewed: Ronald Neville Langford (Score 1)

A Singapore newspaper interviewed the Australian patent owner Ronald Neville Langford (28 May 2008), the day after the news of the demand for payment broke. (Source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,166007,00.html)

Interesting quotes:

He added that because broadband Internet was still in its infancy at the time, hyperlinking from images to video, audio and other features could not be supported.

My response: By year 2000, the dot-com bubble was already at it's climax. Pornography as far as can be recalled, existed as images. Image features were obviously capable of being supported *facepalm*. His method claim of preceeding the image hyperlinks with a filtering medium (search engine) is not novel.

He stressed that his company is seeking payment for the use of its technology because the company has been 'damaged financially to the tune of millions of dollars'.
'Ironically, we have sat back and watched our technology used to generate millions in advertising revenue,' said Mr Langford, who lives in Brisbane.

My response: There is no display of his products using the "patented technology", period.