It would be a good idea to get a legal opinion regardless of whether LAME
wishes to
pursue litigation in this particular case. If a legal violation has occured
and LAME chooses
not to defend its rights, LAME may be setting a precedent that may have
repercussions
for any future violation LAME DOES choose to defend. Would another violater
have a legal
leg to stand on regarding whether LAME is arbitrary or prejudicial in
defending its rights???
I don't know!
LAME should!!
Richard Ivey
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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
>
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