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Originally posted by punkworld
Ofcourse chances of that holding up in court are pretty much non-existent, if you have a half-decent lawyer. What they are trying to do is much like suing the yellow pages because they list companies that sell pay per view.
Although it has no chance of holding up in court, and they know it themselves, it serves two purposes: 1) people who get sued will be tempted to settle and 2) people who haven't been sued yet will be scared into signing.
Even if their patent would hold up in court (unlikely), this "infringement by association" will not.
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Yeah, I agree.... I'm not saying they will get away with it, I'm just explaining their intentions, or, how I understand them.
Although, I really don't think they expect any court cases to be won in this kind of situation.... I think what they expect is that if even just 1% or 2% of all the sites they server roll over and just pay out of fear or intimidation.... then it's worth it for them. All they want right now is "more names on their list"
They want to rack up as many paying companies/people as possible to build a stronger case for themselves.
And if some young person trying to build a business for themself gets a letter and gets scared and doesn't have the resources to fight it.... they might just be the next name on Acacia's list.