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Ok so I read all this...... nice long thread.
Very interesting debates between certain folks with others jumping in attempting to seem important..... So far so good...
An issue still lingers ......
The vast majority here are very small potatoes in comparison to those trying to fight. Those trying to fight must also realize that if they lose they are going to have very serious problems ahead. They are not stupid. This means they have fully weighed all the options and have a damn good feling about what they are doing.
(I don't think all the messages back and forth gave them enough credit for sticking their necks out like that. It is truly commendable)
I am a little piss-ant webmaster that streams videos and has received the "letter". I can afford to pay them but feel it is borderline evil to do so regardless of whether they own the patent or not. If I buy a piece of software from a large well-established corporation that has allegedly abused someone else's patent I really fail to see why I am responsible. That is like buying a car and having someone sue you because you are sitting in the bucket seats that they invented 73 years ago.
Will we know well enough in advance how this is going so as to prepare accordingly? I cannot afford a top, top patent attorney that will be fully aware of this case and who could direct me accordingly. Without any prior cases, decisions etc etc. he will have to research and yada yada freakin' $$$$$$$$$. In other words, if I/we stay put waiting on the decision and it is negative, them we too will be "up the creek" completely. Perhaps Acacia will purposely seek delays so as to automatically go over their deadline and then go for blood if they win???
I realize that I am taking the piggy-back approach to this but that is all my pocket can afford, so that is all I am doing.
If someone could share any light on this it would be appreciated.
Thx.
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