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by Anonymous User on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 11:56:34 AM PDT

"Creative's right to earn (or not earn) profits from their products"

There is no "right to earn profits". There is certainly no entitlement to a cut of all revenue generated downstream. If I drive my car to work, is Ford entitled to a cut of my salary? If I sell the car used, or sell a used book or whatever else, is the company that originally produced it entitled to a cut? No.

"Creative's right to release (or not release) certain features for certain products on certain OSes"

That exists but was never infringed. What you seem to be thinking is that Creative actually has a right to stop others from releasing the features too, which they obviously do not (or at least should not) have.

"The fair market WILL make the right decision in the long run."

I don't see how this last remark is even relevant. Perhaps if there were a fair market, without any state-enforced monopolies, involved here then it would be, but that does not seem to be the case.

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