I seldom comment on industry related matters here on Oprano. I am a very small fish in this industry, and I know it. I am hear to learn - because of the level at which I operate, I seldom even attempt much networking. I am certainly not out to impress anyone with how well I fit in with the big guys.
Bluntly, as I consider my options in response to the letter I received from Acacia, I have toyed with the idea about getting something going among the folks who operate at my level of the industry. Seeing that Choker has gotten something going, I may have to join his effort.
With all due respect to the efforts I have seen so far, I don't completely trust them to protect my interests (any more than they would be likely to trust me to look out for theirs). I don't own a paysite. I don't own a content company. I use galleries and freesites to sell memberships to other people's sites. I generate a small number of sales a month for a number of different sponsors. I am more than sure that most people would laugh at my ROI - as wouild I if it hadn't been showing a slow, steady overall growth.
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Never mind that there is already a group in the legal system battling Acacia
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Who is "in the legal system"? What have they done? Have they filed for an injunction against enforcement of the patent? Have they filed ANYTHING? Are they planning anything that will benefit those of us at the bottom of the food chain? I know that there are some big folks who state their determination to oppose Acacia's attempt to claim a patent on the video they stream. That is an entirely seperate legal issue that the one I am faced with - because I don't stream a single video or audio file in my sales efforts, and these shysters are coming after me.
Bluntly, all I've read is fingerpointing at programs who have signed, and rah-rah cheerleader Acacia sucks bullshit - some of them well written, others, well, effort and intent counts for something.
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Oct 25 2003, 03:36 AM