Streamingmedia.com: Patently Absurd? Streaming Users Face Acacia Patent Fight

I learned about this through Cybil's mom, who works as a project manager at FIDM. They are being sued for streaming media over their website. And it looks like they're just going to fork over the money. Fucking absurd. Does this mean they can just go after anyone who happens to stream a video, or music, on their website? Will they attack radio stations like KUSC that I listen to at work? What's next, attacking any site that uses Flash? Intellectual property law, intended to protect the rights of inventors, has been corrupted to the point where it's just another means for corrupt people to sick their lawyers on innocent bystanders.

Update: http://fightthepatent.com/