Ah ... (smacks himself upside the head with a bag of Gevalia). I knew that.
I agree with Carrie's suggestion that TOO much dilution of effort would be a bad thing. That being said, the "scatter pattern" with which Acacia is shooting at the industry suggest by its very nature that there is more than one set of issues involved. I'm not sure why Choker's efforts inspired comments about $3,000 salaries and the like. I guess I just don't see THIS PARTICULAR possible "diversification" of the fight as a negative.
The ones confronting me specifically - the attempt to extort money from me over their claim that a third party is in violation of their contested patents - is completely independent of the validity of the patents themselves, and involves a completely distinct set of legal issues.
I ain't no dummy - I don't want to see these patents upheld for the simple reason that money a program sends to Acacia is money that they can't send to someone more deserving - say, ME, in payouts for signups I send. That being said, they are attempting to drag me into a dispute that doesn't directly involve me. It's a different issue entirely.
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Oct 25 2003, 03:36 AM
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