HomeGrown and Microsoft working together?

Sharpie · 11-01-2003

I really did not aim to rain on anyones parade..... It just seemed that people were grabbing on the the fact that MS had the same patent attornies. Although the circumstances could bear fruit, it is just speculation, and I would not use that as a basis for any business decision.

I have never been invloved in any patent litagation, but I have been involved in copyright litagition. In the days when CDROM technology was brand new, and much paralled the early days of the Internet, I was sued by Disney & Warner. It is quite scarey when you receive legal mumbo jumbo about a foot thick. They came down on me because I distributed a clip art disc with over 2,200 pieces of clip art in zip files. (I was not the producer, and certainly did not unzip the 2200 files and look at them) There were 7 Disney on them. To the layman, it did not make sense to go after me - but, the law is scarey, and does not have to make sense. I did not have to deal with Warner Bros because the court decision came down in a parody case that covered the 3 pieces of Warner parody that were on the CD. But, Disney was another matter. 3 Attornies, and thousands down the drain, certainly gave me a wakeup call. You have to cross all your t's and dot your i's - and take nothing for granted - just because it makes sense to you.

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11-01-2003	#1
Sharpie Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 747	I really did not aim to rain on anyones parade..... It just seemed that people were grabbing on the the fact that MS had the same patent attornies. Although the circumstances could bear fruit, it is just speculation, and I would not use that as a basis for any business decision. I have never been invloved in any patent litagation, but I have been involved in copyright litagition. In the days when CDROM technology was brand new, and much paralled the early days of the Internet, I was sued by Disney & Warner. It is quite scarey when you receive legal mumbo jumbo about a foot thick. They came down on me because I distributed a clip art disc with over 2,200 pieces of clip art in zip files. (I was not the producer, and certainly did not unzip the 2200 files and look at them) There were 7 Disney on them. To the layman, it did not make sense to go after me - but, the law is scarey, and does not have to make sense. I did not have to deal with Warner Bros because the court decision came down in a parody case that covered the 3 pieces of Warner parody that were on the CD. But, Disney was another matter. 3 Attornies, and thousands down the drain, certainly gave me a wakeup call. You have to cross all your t's and dot your i's - and take nothing for granted - just because it makes sense to you.