It would be a good idea to get a legal opinion regardless of whether LAME wishes to pursue litigation in this particular case. If a legal violation has occured and LAME chooses not to defend its rights, LAME may be setting a precedent that may have repercussions for any future violation LAME DOES choose to defend. Would another violater have a legal leg to stand on regarding whether LAME is arbitrary or prejudicial in defending its rights??? I don't know! LAME should!!
Am 18.11.2005 19:34 Uhr hat "Rick Hansen"<RickHansen at vneb.com> geschrieben: > My comments - > > Why does everyone go for the jugular? Why not ask Sony to provide it's > improvements to the lame community? Lame can only benefit from having a > number of professional programmers contribute to the effort. > > Everyone wins - > - Sony gets to look like a good citizen, and they get the benefits of lame > - The lame community benefits from a better product, and lame gets great > exposure (Sony's use will be a great endorsement). > > Also, people are treating Sony as if the corporate management made the > decision to use lame. The decision may have been made by an overworked > engineer who needed a quick fix. Oh yeah, the engineer may not have had any > idea of how he or she was infringing. And, their manager may not have known > either. > > If Sony Doesn't' Do The Right Thing, *then* it's a different ball game. > > Later, > > Rick > > _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [email protected] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
