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Originally posted by Carrie@Oct 21 2003, 12:22 PM
You need to be contacting the small to medium-sized paysite owners and program owners and getting *them* to make pledges. IN PRIVATE, not out on the boards where Acacia will see them pledging money to you or IMPA and thereby making themselves targets.
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I thought those kinds of people did read the boards.. am i misinformed?
You are right about the public calling out... I did apologize to those that pledge about that... at first it was a game with Trev since he responded who he would like to see pledge before he did. In hindsight, i do regret taking that approach, because i was putting people on the spot, and i know that it's not fair to do (so i do apologize for that).
On my pledge form, I ask if people wanted their names to be listed on the endorsement page (which i have chosen not to do).
On that form (
http://www.fightthepatent.com/pledge) you have to specifically select the YES answer.
So far, many people - including Oprano ones, have selected YES, because they were not afraid of having their name be used. I have chosen not to publish any names.
The people who then posted that they pledged, did so on their own. They could have just let the thread die out,but i believe the reason they did so, was because they wanted others to know that they support the idea.
Why not ask them why they pledged if you don't believe in my words?
It's the lurkers that read these boards that seldom post, are the ones that I am trying to reach. Looking at the pledge total of $31,000, it would seem that posting on message boards does work.. and that when they pledge, it's all held private, only the pledge total amount is ever revealed... so i am not putting anyone in jeopardy of Acacia.
I know they read the boards, I know they hit my website, but no where do i reveal the confidentiality of the info of people who have made the pledge.
I am trying to also take this discussion in private, to contact people in email, but as you know, it is hard as well...people get hit with spam all the time. People do read the boards, and that's where they can decide for themselves to offer their beer money... i don't make anyone do anything, other than inspire them to join the fight.
At the same time, I am very vocal on the boards.. if I have disrupted your normal conversations on Oprano, then i'll be waiting for the boot out the door. Sorry that my threads have caught your attention and diverted them to whatever it is your usual conversations are about, but I feel very strong that these are important issues that need to be addressed.
Fight the Patent!