Should RDRAM never gain the wide acceptance the company had hoped for, Rambus' patent claims are an attempt to ensure the company gets a piece of the action through royalty payments, no matter what type of memory takes hold, whether SDRAM, DDR or its preferred RDRAM.

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Congress stepped in and said that content owners need to get paid and set up a royalty system through the copyright office.

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In the meantime, the company hopes new legislation working its way through Congress will lead to more favorable royalty rates.

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In addition to holding an unspecified stake in Beijing Artists Online, Houston InterWeb Design also will receive a significant royalty for all advertising generated through the new joint venture, he added.

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In July Web radio stations and record labels reached a deal, lasting through 2015, to lessen the amount of royalty fees the stations are required to pay.

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One Cornwall Terrace was the official London residence of the New Zealand High Commissioner from 1955 through the early 1970s, hosting posh parties attended by royalty and other VIPs.

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And the schools and vendors who made millions through merchandised intellectual property rights should have a trust established to share the royalty revenue with players after they achieve certain benchmarks.

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For each course taken, Digital Royalty University is providing a course free of charge to school teachers through their partnership with the Las Vegas Valley Teach For America program.

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The race also attracted royalty in the early 20th century when King Edward VII attended from 1903 through to 1909.

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