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jayeff · 10-27-2003, 08:43 AM

The companies that have already settled with Acacia are being given much too easy a ride. They are excused as having made a decision that was in their own best interests. Well of course it is in someone's best interests to cover their own liability cheaply and then sit back to wait for someone else to win the war. I can not accept that makes it right.

Did they make any attempt to raise funds or rally practical support before caving in? Not that I am aware of. Yet they have to know full well that Acacia must not only be beaten, but made to pay. Otherwise, Acacia or someone like them will soon be along with another frivolous claim.

I would guess that those who have settled took a deliberate gamble on Acacia being taught a lesson eventually. Because they have as good as put a "me first" sign around their necks for whoever comes after us next. How sound a business decision would that be?

There are at least a half-dozen companies from our industry who (before settling) commanded enough respect to head up a collective response to Acacia (if they could not or did not wish to finance the fight on their own). They chose instead to jump ship and now - to however limited an extent - they are helping finance Acacia's activities against the rest of the industry.

Screw them. There are dozens of equally good programs to which I can send my traffic. So it isn't even going to cost me any money to have some principles on this occasion. Sure, these big companies are not going to miss my business, but it would be a whole different story if enough webmasters register their protests in the same way. And if that doesn't happen, so be it. At least I'm not contributing to the profits of someone who chose to act against my best interests.

I'll go further. Like others in this thread I'm getting very pissed that only a handful of companies are making their intention to fight Acacia clear: if indeed that is their intention. I hope that before this is done, enough companies do line up against Acacia, so that in future I shall not need to do business with anyone else.

10-27-2003, 08:43 AM
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	The companies that have already settled with Acacia are being given much too easy a ride. They are excused as having made a decision that was in their own best interests. Well of course it is in someone's best interests to cover their own liability cheaply and then sit back to wait for someone else to win the war. I can not accept that makes it right. Did they make any attempt to raise funds or rally practical support before caving in? Not that I am aware of. Yet they have to know full well that Acacia must not only be beaten, but made to pay. Otherwise, Acacia or someone like them will soon be along with another frivolous claim. I would guess that those who have settled took a deliberate gamble on Acacia being taught a lesson eventually. Because they have as good as put a "me first" sign around their necks for whoever comes after us next. How sound a business decision would that be? There are at least a half-dozen companies from our industry who (before settling) commanded enough respect to head up a collective response to Acacia (if they could not or did not wish to finance the fight on their own). They chose instead to jump ship and now - to however limited an extent - they are helping finance Acacia's activities against the rest of the industry. Screw them. There are dozens of equally good programs to which I can send my traffic. So it isn't even going to cost me any money to have some principles on this occasion. Sure, these big companies are not going to miss my business, but it would be a whole different story if enough webmasters register their protests in the same way. And if that doesn't happen, so be it. At least I'm not contributing to the profits of someone who chose to act against my best interests. I'll go further. Like others in this thread I'm getting very pissed that only a handful of companies are making their intention to fight Acacia clear: if indeed that is their intention. I hope that before this is done, enough companies do line up against Acacia, so that in future I shall not need to do business with anyone else.