Now Bradley, don't have to use a charity auction as an excuse to call me :1orglaugh

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bah, have to bump this because some fuckstain with a grudge is flooded the forum...

that's retarded

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Has anyone designed a button yet for IMPA or can I just use the the initials with the underline, as Ludedude has on his posts.

Going to be doing a promotion to bring in more money for this fight and just want to link it properly.

I think the IMPA site should have more information as to what this is all about, I read on another board a post this morning a the poster know nothing about it until he received the bloody package from Acacia.

JMM can you tell us how many donations you have received to date so that we can see if this is working or not.

Does not matter just keep giving at this point.

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Well, I just got my letter and packet in the mail.

I am a no one in this business, and some how I've been targeted. I started reading through the paperwork they sent, and I am totally confused.

It even says that if I have leased video feeds on my site, I still have to pay and I'm responsible. How can they do that? That means the company that provides the feed has to pay, and then the company leasing it has to pay. That's paying twice for the same thing. That makes no sense. Its like if I buy a special blender from the store, and the people that manufactured the blender are in patent violation, I as the consumer would be responsible. That's just fucked up. What has the judicial sysytem come too? How could any intelligent judge rule in their favor. Its also like double jeopardy. You can't be tried for the same crime twice, but Acacia is trying 2 companies for the same thing.

My donation is on the way. I wish I could afford more, but I'm just a small fish in a big pond. I still can't believe someone as small as me got a letter from Acacia.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. And I will keep posting bump to keep this thread on top. Someone should pin this shit. It is important to anyone that does business on the internet.

Not to sound like a pessimist, and my intentions are good when I ask this question- for benefactor's of this fight will there be itemized breakdowns of how the money is being spent? i.e. legal costs, court paperwork, etc?

I have been speaking with an outside group of investors who want to be involved in this fight but they need to know all the players involved and the expenses that IMPA is forecasting that's all

thanks in advance for your answer JMM
:-))

I know I just found this quote but it makes me smile-
the good OLE DAYS!

Joe had taken may webmasters/ whores to Asia De Cuba on a lot of CEN sponsored outings.

My favorite memory of that place is when Joe asked me to invite two blonde hot models to dinner that were sitting next to me- I did, and then two minutes later their date comes to the table.....

Fuckin' Jake Elwood :-))

That fat fuck Dan Aykroyd had TWO hotties and Joe and I stood around in disbelief!

And yes, The Lobster Mashed Potatoes are the BEST !!!!!!!

Yeah that would be a good idea to have an anonymous list of the individual amounts donated, as well as the running total.

Then people could donate odd/unique amounts like 104.20 to quietly see their name up in lights as a contributer. :thumbsup


You guys want a simple script to enter & display this information?

We'll whip something together for ya....

It does matter because if we aren't raising enough cash we need to do something about it. I will give more if I see we are not getting enough cash.

I very much agree. We all need to be a team on this, so we all need to know where the funds are going and where we are at. The sooner the better. I know a lot of webmasters that have just gotten their letters, and no one really knows what to do. Please understand that a lot of my friends are small peeps in the business and don't have the resources that some of the big guys have. They really have no where to go but with IMPA. Friends have asked if they should just pay so they don't have to worry about being brought into an expensive court drag out.

Too bad Bill Gates won't help us :) He should. I see tons of porn on Windows Media Player.

Wow...it seems to me like all the adult message boards would have this pinned.

O*rano had it pinned for a day or so.

I think all boards should have a post like this pinned with links to donate and explaining what Acacia is until Acacia falls.

Really makes you think about who is really doing what.

:(

Well I for one commend Greg Clayman, JMM , HomeGrown and everyone else who is advocating on the side of the adult webmaster.

This business has never before banded together and for the mere reason of GREED. Now, that it is imperative to unite and help each other out for our own longevity in this business, I am making my bet that everyone together can make this go away.

It's going to take a lot more than just doantions however- it requires great "hook up" if you know of any hot shot attorney's in your area, you should ask them if they are familiar with this kind of case and if there is any interest- we simply need to find the smartest people for the cause right now.

My gut feeling is "why hasn't the IMPA contacted famous FREE SPEECH atty's? or have they? In a day and age where every attorney is a CNBC pseudo journalist, don't any famous attorneys see an intrnisic value to debating our side?

I would like to hope so.

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If you stream videos, you should all know by now we are under attack from Acacia.

IMPA are fighting this and that needs money, we have already given.

But what we are going to do is run this offer until next Saturday and donate 20% of all money received to the fight.

I know this is SPAMMING the main board but this is important and we?re hoping the moderators will let it stay here, if not they can move it to the SPAM board.

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After you buy come back here and bounce back to the top.

Any other content providers who want to do the same, you're very welcome to.

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Kevin..as soon as the website is up (just a matter of a few more days) we will be posting lots of information.

I can tell you that so far, the response has been good.

Adam.. you hit the nail on the head. Part of Acacia's strategy seems to be to go after the little guy. Attack those who cannot afford to fight in an effort to validate their patents.

I'll say it again, loud and clear, for anyone who has not yet heard me say it before:

IT IS THE POSITION OF THE DEFENSE GROUP, AND THE IMPA, THAT THE ACACIA PATENTS ARE NOT VALID. WE WILL FIGHT VIGOROUSLY TO INVALIDATE THE ACACIA PATENTS IN A COURT OF LAW AND PROTECT OURSELVES, OUR BUSINESS, AND OUR INDUSTRY.

If you have received a packet and would like to talk, or if you would simply like more information, please feel free to contact either myself, or [email protected]

Don't apologize for your question, it is a valid question.

The answer is, it is not something we have addressed. The board will discuss this at our next meeting. We have no problem disclosing certain information. If there are people that want to support this fight and are going to require certain disclosure, we would be more than happy to speak with them and handle each request on a case by case basis.

We have nothing to hide.

This isn't about greed. It is about so much more.

Also, this isn't a free speech issue. This is a patent issue. When the defense group selected the law firm we have working for us on this case, we did so with the feeling that they were the finest in the country. After working with them for the last few months, we no longer FEEL that they are the finest, we KNOW they are the finest. We have a tremendous amount of confidence in our legal representation.

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fork it out!

DONATE HERE: www.impai.org




There are over 5,000 webmasters on this board. Even the smallest free site owner should give up a few bucks for this, because it is our sponsors that will suffer if our side loses. If our sponsors are affected, it trickles down to affect everyone.... affiliates, designers, brokers, EVERYONE. Don't sit there and think "I don't use movies on my site, what do I care?".... if you make money by sending traffic/clicks/signups to a sponsor then you need to start caring.

I Donated, and will donate again a few more times over the coming months. I challenge all the thousands of affiliate webmasters out there to make at least one donation, any amount. Hey, when our side wins you'll be able to say you HELPED, and you will sleep better at night knowing you did your part, you did what you could.




Again, DONATE HERE: www.impai.org


Thank you.

JMM, I would really really like to talk to someone on the phone about this Acacia thing...

How can I make that happen?

You can call me at 909-674-9925 or you can email [email protected]

cool. thanks :thumbsup

I just donated $10, it's all I had in my paypal account, but it's for a really good cause.

this thread SHOULD be pinned. Lensman has a lot to lose as well if Acacia gets away with this extortion.

From the last D-Money show interview I think Lensman thinks the IMPA is not handling the case properly. Something about the IMPA should be suing Microsoft or trying to drag them into the fight.

Then again, his board, his prerogative to pin or not pin. We should be thankful this forum is here to educate webmasters about Acacia and the IMPA.

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I've got another question. Are there countries that Acacia does not own the patent in?

I've heard rumors that they don't have it in Canada and some other countires in South America.

Could you please let us know if this is true, and if so, what countries they don't have the patents in.

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can we get a running total of whats been donated

Ah, So Lensman is going to try and sue Microsoft now?

:1orglaugh


Egos suck.

Donate 10 grand to me and I go kick their ass and get them out of business !!!


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