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Re:Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netfli... by a-priori on Friday June 26, 2009 @09:50PM (#676487)
The teams who created the solutions own them, but they're obligated to license them to Netflix. It doesn't have to be an exclusive license though. Quite generous on Netflix's part if you ask me.
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Re:Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netfli... by vang3lis on Friday June 26, 2009 @11:07PM (#676543)
> but they're obligated to license them to Netflix

Technically they are obliged to license them only if they are about to receive the prize.

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