RE: [dvd-discuss] Blizzard / Battlenet FAQ

[microlenz(at)earthlink.net]

And it didn't matter that CueCat's "legal theory" regarding the 
protection of their "intellectual property" and their shrinkwrap 
licenses sent along with their cucats through the mail was total and 
utter BS, they sent out lots of C&D letters and threatened lawsuits 
that a number of people had to deal with (my favorite is 
www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com). 

Anybody with a "legal theory" can get their day in court. The problem 
is that somebody else has to pay for the privilege to show that their 
legal theory is BS.

Date sent:      	Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:06:21 -0700 (MST)
From:           	John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
To:             	<dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Subject:        	RE: [dvd-discuss] Blizzard / Battlenet FAQ
Send reply to:  	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu

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> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:
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> >On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Michael A Rolenz wrote:
> >
> >> They still might have a theft of service argument because the the clones
> >> are taking "service" away from the non clones...not saying that I'd buy it
> >> but it may be their "legal theory" to try to use as a club over somepeople
> >> who were smarter than they.
> >>
> >
> >This is bullshit..
> >
> >If someone gives out, say, bar code scanners free to many people, where
> >the software for those scanners connects the barcodes to their site for
> >(say) UPC and other lookups.
> >
> >Then, assuming no prior contractual restrictions. (Are 'clickwrap
> >licenses' contracts?)
> >
> >There's no way you can construe it as theft of service for me to set up a
> >clone UPC code database and clone software that the scanners can use.
> 
> Ask Digital Convergence.  It seems that they disagree....
> 
> >Scott
> >
> >
> 
> - -- 
> There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million 
> keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare
> would be produced.   Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true.
> 
> Who is John Galt?  galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who!
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