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Re:Only Looking for a Mutually Beneficial Resoluti

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 18, 2004 11:19 AM
Right-o. So the way you resolve it is simple. You need to sue the distributors of the software. Has the RIAA filed a lawsuit against a downloader? No. They're going after the people offering the music for download. Same thing applies here. Your remedy is to halt the distribution of any infringing code. There is nothing illegal being done by the end users, even if the code bears your copyright, because they didn't copy it themselves (which is what copyright is all about)<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... in short, threatening end users is just stupid. They've done nothing wrong and it makes you look like a fool because everyone knows that you cannot possibly have a case against them.

And worse, it makes you look like you're chasing
after deep pockets instead of the real
infringers.

Just like sco.

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