perhaps apple should break loose of some of their huge sums of spare cash and simply buy out Samsung completely (its called a hostile takeover). that would solve a number of problems all at once.
-eric On Feb 24, 2013, at 7:57 PM, James Mannion wrote: > In reading some further posts on the web, this is worse than I > thought. The only article I read earlier today lead me to believe it > was about the triple click home to start voiceover. IT is not. IT is > about the very heart of voiceover for us, its ability to read things > on the screen. An article points out that this is the case and that > Samsung is not even trying to protect their technology for > accessibility, they are simply using it as a weapon. So they are > completely putting us up as a sacrifice for their battles. One can > only hope the courts will see right through this and consider it > exactly what it is. > > http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/german-court-stays-samsungs-voiceover.html > > "one. Samsung didn't assert this German patent in an effort to protect > its investment > in accessibility. It elected to use an accessibility-related patent as > a tactical > weapon. Patent protection and enforcement can be justified in certain > scenarios. > For example, if there are two companies competing in the market for > hearing aids, > it's generally legitimate for them to assert accessibility-related > patents against > each other. I would also support the idea of accessibility patent enforcement > in > cases of willful infringement, and if Samsung had only requested > monetary compensation > in this action, it would have made a much better choice than by trying > to achieve, > through the pursuit of an injunction, the deactivation or (more > realistically) degradation > of the voiceover functionality Apple provides to its German customers. > In recent weeks I have been contacted by a couple of journalists who > report on and > care about accessibility issues. One of them told me he's blind. I > completely understand > why the vision-impaired are concerned when they hear about a lawsuit > like this one. > Maybe there's a cultural difference here between Asia and the Western > hemisphere. > In the United States and Europe, people may be more sensitive to this > type of issue > than in Korea. I don't think Samsung is evil. I really don't. But it should > give > more thought to the wider implications of its retaliatory actions > against Apple." > > On 2/24/13, James Mannion <[email protected]> wrote: >> So incredibly ridiculous too. Block the sale of a product under the >> excuse that a comman is entered in the same way and then add to it the >> fact that it does not even control something that is equal in >> functionality either! There just aren't even words to describe it. >> This law suit flinging is worse than 5 year olds. At least they have >> an excuse for acting childish and they are more reasonable when they >> do. If you can't stand your competition, maybe you just don't make a >> worthy product to begin with. You know, one that would sell itself by >> the millions? If because of your competition your sales are less, your >> product sucks! >> >> On 2/24/13, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Join the club, not just for that reason, but the last time I bought one >>> of >>> their products, the Intrepid phone with Sprint, I had problem after >>> problem >>> with it. It crashed repeatedly, when I did the slightest thing with it, >>> and >>> nobody at the Sprint stores I took it to could figure out what was wrong >>> with it, and continuously tried to blame the Mobile Speak software for it >>> crashing, which was upsetting to me. >>> So after about the 4th or 5th time it did this, and this was after I >>> had >>> to have help resetting it 2 days in a row, I just didn't reinstall Mobile >>> Speak again, and decided to pay full price for a 32 gb IPhone, sense I >>> unfortunately wasn't elegible for an upgrade yet, and wasn't willing to >>> wait >>> anymore. >>> So now my Intrepid is now one of Hannah's toys, and she loves to >>> pretend >>> to call her Granddad, and check her messages lol. >>> On Feb 24, 2013, at 8:47 PM, James Mannion wrote: >>> >>>> I agree that I will not ever support Samsung either because of this. >>>> Nice how they do not really do anything that indicates any real >>>> interest in helping us to better use their products, but they are >>>> willing to cash us in as a sacrifice to attack the competition. This >>>> childish corrupt law suit stuff really, really needs to stop! Until >>>> this law suit I have not heard of anything from Samsung concerning >>>> voiceover or a screen reader of their creation that does anything >>>> wonderful for us at all. Yet such a law suit would indicate they have >>>> great concern for us as their customers, right? Yes maybe if it >>>> weren't nothing but corruption! >>>> >>>> On 2/24/13, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I will of course sign. >>>>> >>>>> I will also have to say, that I will never ever buy a samsung product >>>>> after >>>>> their trying to destroy something that is so important to me. I am >>>>> angry. >>>>> We >>>>> all ought to sign. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>> On Feb 24, 2013, at 10:22 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Some of you may have already seen this. I know its been tweeted out. I >>>>>> posted a petition on Change .Org on Saturday. It is in reference to >>>>>> Samsung trying to block sale of Apple products in Germany. Yes, I know >>>>>> their is a temporary hold on the decision. I just want Samsung to know >>>>>> the >>>>>> attack on the blind community is a bad move. Not only financially, bug >>>>>> for >>>>>> PR reasons. It is your choice whether or not you want to sign. I'm >>>>>> including the link. 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