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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Feb 8 2004, 02:21 PM
Face it, most of the people in this industry don't give a shit about anything or anyone until it's on their own doorstep.
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true.... i feel for you about your dad's efforts in dealing with the Vietnam war... my dad was in the air force and wasn't called into 'Nam, but he saw how the soldiers were treated at the end.. he could not bare to watch Born on the 4th of July because of his feelings about the subject.
I haven't thrown away my guns on patent abuse issues, i just ran out of bullets.
I am hoping with my new venture that I will be able to buy my own bullets next time, nice silver ones, and come back shooting.
Also, given more time and attention to cases like Acacia, and if any other patent licensing foe should come second, maybe webmasters will realize that the knocking sound isn't their neighbors getting their freak on, it's the money-grabbing-patent-wielding-trick-o-treater knocking on your door looking to take money from you.
It does take money to fight.. and i have been very reluctant to state that so blatantly, but it is the sad fact. I believe a grassroots approach is needed to unearth the prior art and get people involved.
The time will come, i was just too early.. and like all pioneers heading west into new territories, you get the arrows shot at you first.
FightThePatent.com will still be up.. i will still be tracking the news.. i just can't devote the daily hours that I put in to get people aware and motivated to fight anymore... need to regroup, get some cash flow going, and then I'll fund the fight myself... and hopefully be joined by more people next time around.
Opranonauts have been one of the strongest supporters of my efforts (minus one or two).
-brandon