FSC - Food for thought

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Far-L posted this on another board. I figured I would repost it here since he has summed all this up far better than I could and from his personal experience.
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Allow me to set the record straight because posts like yours go a long way to undermining the FSC by creating hostility and suspicion.

Only if the FSC attorneys can prove that there are constitutional and or legal grounds for changing 2257 would it affect everyone. The injunction would only be applicable to FSC members in the meantime.

It is similar to our Acacia fight. If we get out on non-infringement, all those that licensed are still going to have to pay their license fees. Only if we break the patent would everyone not have to pay including those who licensed. Everyone loves to say they support the fight, blah, blah, blah but when it comes time to ante up all you hear is crickets. 99% of the cost of that fight has been on a handful of companies that stepped up to the fight.

The legal bills for work like this are huge and someone has to pay the attorneys. I for one am very grateful for the FSC and its efforts. I used to doubt their integrity too but years ago I went on a lobbying mission with FSC in Sacramento to fight a tax on porn in California. Our effort was successful and proved to me the importance of a trade organization like the FSC to help protect our industry.

IMO, everyone is there to congratulate FSC when they affect a positive change but everyone pisses and moans when FSC asks for help paying the bill by beating the drums for membership. Everyone here can afford the $50 per year dues and some can afford more than that.

Finally, remember, they are a business trade organization and not the ACLU.

Please excuse me if it seems like i am only responding to your issues since I am directing this to all those who are critical of FSC for asking money.


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Ive been reading Oprano the last couple of days --- just want to put in my 2 cents worth. Im enjoying a lot of you bragging about how you are compliant. You must have some mighty fine lawyers to be able to decypher all of that to even begin to understand what full compliancy is. Add to that a very small amount of content to worry about as well.

Its going to be very interesting in 12 months to see the impact of this on all of us as well as whos left as the last man standing.