Spam re Acacia
 

Last week I sent out an ICQ message, to everyone on my list, about Acacia, IMPA and Fight The Patent.

Unbelievably I got three webmasters reply asking what it was all about, they had no knowledge of Acacia or the fight this industry is in regarding the patents on streaming. Not everyone frequents the boards. L

So today we are sending this out to all those on our email list and I want to run it by you and see what you think.

What do you think? Feel free to make comments, I want this understood by everyone.

Any one else with an email list of people in the industry can use this and send it out with my best wishes.

sad that people still dont know ....

No it's not sad, it's up to us too get it out there.

Some people do not read the boards because they think they are full of stupid idiots posting garbage and no help to them.

It's our job to get this out, that is why I told everyone they can use my text or do it themselves.

Sponsors, Content producers, billing companies, hosting providers. Get your lists out and use them.

They were also saying simply downloading a zip of audio or video ALSO infringed on the patents too, not just streaming. ANY transmission of compressed files in those two formats were under their umbrella. :glugglug

sounds good to me charly. get's the point across. hopefully impai can stop them.

Thanks Gemini will include that.

20% are very concerned about the Acacia issue another 60% will never know who Acacia are and the final 20% are rubbing their hands at the perceived opportunity that Acacia has given them.

I think it's good ...
It's given me the idea to change the "join email" and "login emails" on my site to include a FightThisPatent.com and IMPAI.org blurb. And mentioning any compressed files downloading is very good ... as it brings the message home.

Someone test www.impai.org for me it looks like it's down.

It's down for me again as well.
This happened the other night - did it ever come back on?

Acacia :321GFY

Word. :321GFY Acacia.

Down here too.

the same is here :(

Let's not make a big deal about this.

Just switch to FightThisPatent.com ?

This thread needs to die.

The day I take advise from you is a long way off.

Still down. Wonder what's that about???

Why noone just blow the damn Acacia's main office into air? They are bastards and parasites by default. Why allowing them to propagate?

:BangBang: :ak47:


That is a first thought that came into my Russian criminal mind. LOL
:Graucho

Small addition if you like:

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If you are a content producer or sponsor with an affiliate program and want to get a summary of the patent license issue as it relates to your decision whether to signup with Acacia or not, email brandon -at- FightThePatent.com

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I think I have tapped out on getting pledges from postings on message boards, so going the route of contacting each sponsor and content provider to give them my opinions on the issues, since November 30th, acacia's cut-off date for their "amnesty program" is looming.


Thanks so much for all the attention you are trying to drive to this issue.. it is very concerning that most just don't know or don't care.

Fight the Patent!

I don't want "amenesty" - what do you mean "amenesty"?

looks like this router:
206.169.234.54 (206-169-234-54.gen.twtelecom.net ok)


is not forwarding to 206.169.228.107 IP for impai.org or the IMPAI.org server is offline

Packets to homegrownvideo are making it through this router.




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Am I the only one finding this just a little bit suspicious?

nope ...

Find what suspicious, apathy?



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Hi Brandon
I just emailed out everyone on my list the email. Got some nice positive feedbacks from many. You really should ask sponsors, content providers and any one else with a webmaster email list to let you use it.

One woman said this.

This was maybe what a few more should have done rather than ignore it and not even turn up in court.

Can you ask a lawyer if there is some way we can counter sue Acacia for sending the "Packet" and harassing us?

yes, this is my current strategy... almost done with the email...already have had some email me with requests to receive the info..... I will be contacting all sponsors and content producers with my email message about my summary of the patent license issue....for those that want the email faster, contact me via http://www.FightThePatent.com/v2/Contact.html

I keep all information confidential, and i don't "blab" anything on the boards... i have had some emails that wrote they have to settle, but they don't like it.. i don't look down on these businesses that have no choice to settle.

If webmasters have email lists that can send a message from me on about all of these patent abuse cases and about my efforts with Fight The Patent Foundation, it would be greatly appreciated.
Contact me if you can provide this service.

Fight the Patent!

So many people wanted AOL to stop harassing them from all the CDROM's they sent out for AOL... One group of people collected like a million discs and dumped them at AOL (or maybe that was an urban legend)

:Graucho



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Paul send me the email and ill gladly do a special for our clients.
Its a good idea and yes a LOT of our members also do not visit the boards.

Part of the IMPA site is down but will be fixed pronto

Loch: We are suing them for a whole litany of things.