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Originally Posted by tony404
Lenny they should be fighting it for themselves instead of rolling over. Shap says he has been fighting it for 7 yrs, how many courts cases against thiefs? against advertisers that support thieves? I dont know about you if I was spending 2-3 million on content, I would be a very large pain in the ass.At the very least hire 10 outsourced people with nothing to do all day long but find my content and send dmca's all day long.
Im a little guy so all I can do is get fucked and smile but to have the means and do nothing is fucking crazy to me. Then say well I will made a deal and they fucked him anyway.
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You and I discussed this on ICQ the other day, and I'll say here what I said there.
How much good has it done Perfect 10 to sue everyone and their brother? How much money are they making these days?
At the end of the day we're all here to support our families. (The people who are really in this biz....not the people of GFY as a whole)
Who are you or I to tell Shap that he should spend his kid's college money to file a lawsuit that will drag on for years and that even if he wins he will likely not recover any damages?
I'm sure it would make us all feel better if he did that....but you don't make business decisions based on feelings.
Ask Homegrown how many contributions they've received from people to support their fight against Acacia (little to none I'm guessing)
Ask them how many new affiliates and new joins they got because they decided to take a stand. (same answer as above)
Then ask all the other programs how much traffic they lost because they settled with Acacia. (again..little to none)
So like I said before, it's easy for the middle class webmasters to scream about what the "guys with money" should be doing, but unless it's your own money on the line it's not your place to say what someone else should do with their business.