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Same laws, ignorant judges[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#24)
by kamnet on Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 11:17:21 PM PDT

Well, there's the law, and then there is the interpretation of the law. Judges, for the most part, are not tech-savvy people. A tech-savvy lawyer can throw up enough BS to convince a judge of nearly anything.

Nontheless, I think Creative made the right argument here: when this ugy started to ask for money for a product that he did not create himself, he infringed on Creative's right to earn (or not earn) profits from their products, and he infringed on Creative's right to release (or not release) certain features for certain products on certain OSes.

Yeah it's ugly, and yes it shows that Creative is not really thinking of their customers, but guess what? THAT IS THEIR RIGHT. If this guy wants to be better than Creative, then he has all the right in the world himself to go start-up as a competitor and use Creative's shortfalls to gain customer confidence. The fair market WILL make the right decision in the long run.

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