Guess I am on the fence with this one... I mean if they do have a legitimate claim then they should be compensated for thier work and discoveries.. Hey, this is america... and all we care about is making a buck...
but then on the other hand.. where does it stop? Who or what will crawl out of the wood work next?
Personally, and yes, I have said this before... If a company puts out a tool to do something, I purchase that tool, then I have a right to use that tool and whatever technology that goes along with it.
If I use Windows Media and Stream through Windows server, and I own both products, how the hell can a 3rd party company come in and ask me for more money in royalties?
See, to me that just does not seem right. You would think... that the people creating these tools and re-selling the technology would have to pay the royalties...
For example, if you buy a new dell... you get an operating system. It is built into your new system and Dell pays MS a royalty to resell their software. So if MS was to come back to me to try to collect for their OS would be out of the question... it has already been paid for.
Did that make sense? I know what I mean but not getting it out in words too well.
