It isn't about money. It is about principle. It doesn't take much research to figure out whether Sony has been a rogue.
Standards begin at home. Abu Ghraib Guantanamo Bay, Valerie Plame, ad nauseum are the benchmarks for our culture. If Sony has been a rogue, then Sony needs to pay the fine and do the time. Earmark the money to go to charitable causes. We all have our duty to keep community standards high. If you think otherwise, then try adding up all the thousands of nuclear warheads that fellow scientists have aimed at you. Sony will say that they are doing no different from the rest of their colleagues (referring to you). You have to draw the line. If you don't send the message, who will? Richard Moscow, RF Am 18.11.2005 19:34 Uhr hat "Rick Hansen"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: > My comments - > > Why does everyone go for the jugular? Why not ask Sony to provide it's > improvements to the lame community? Lame can only benefit from having a > number of professional programmers contribute to the effort. > > Everyone wins - > - Sony gets to look like a good citizen, and they get the benefits of lame > - The lame community benefits from a better product, and lame gets great > exposure (Sony's use will be a great endorsement). > > Also, people are treating Sony as if the corporate management made the > decision to use lame. The decision may have been made by an overworked > engineer who needed a quick fix. Oh yeah, the engineer may not have had any > idea of how he or she was infringing. And, their manager may not have known > either. > > If Sony Doesn't' Do The Right Thing, *then* it's a different ball game. > > Later, > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronen Mizrahi > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:17 AM > To: MP3 encoders development list > Subject: Re: [mp3encoder] Sony have violated your IP - please teach them a > lesson! > > You guys just do not get it, do you? A small infringement is enough to > have them sued and probably have them want to settle. This is your > chance to make them pay for not treating you right. For abusing your > software and thinking that they can do whatever they wish with > copyrighted material. Their name has been so badly hurt when they tried > to protect their own copyrighted materials by using "spyware" that > facing a lawsuit now about infringing on someone else's rights is so > symbolic and powerful that the media will be all over them. It will make > them look so bad they will probably want to settle this as quickly as > possible. I am not the one who wrote the original email and I do not > think money is the motivation. Freedom should be the motivation, these > guys are trying to take away basic freedoms people should have with > regard to fair use of music and in the process of doing so they even > violate someone else's copyrgihts, this has got to stop. I would love to > see them taught a lesson. > > Do me a favor, call someone from EFF, they will get you a lwayer and > will take it from there. All you have to do is one phone call by at > least one LAME copyright owner and the rest is history, Sony will learn > to respect other people copyrights and not just care about their own! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mp3encoder mailing list > mp3encoder@minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list mp3encoder@minnie.tuhs.org http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
