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Posted: Dec 12th 2008 11:13AM (Unverified) said

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This screams 'money grab', and is what I would describe also as a attempt to ransom an entire industry with the aid of an extremely big pair of clubs.

Worlds.com needs to die in a fire. Even if they have more of a leg to stand on than the Santa Cruz Organization ever had with Linux, the implications of a Worlds.com success in court over this would be unthinkable. Isn't there meant to be legislation against racketeering in America?
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Posted: Dec 12th 2008 2:01PM (Unverified) said

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It will be interesting to see what happens. Since SOP with software is the legal department files whatever pattents they can, I am sure SL, WOW, and so on could have some counter-suits if they wanted.

Remember Mutually Assured Destruction?
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Posted: Dec 12th 2008 9:25PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe so. Many other companies and engineers refuse to file them as a matter of principle - so many companies may not be armed with defensive patents.
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