side of the small guy? [LWN.net]

side of the small guy?

Posted Aug 11, 2007 21:48 UTC (Sat) by ccyoung (guest, #16340)
In reply to: Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights! (Groklaw) by khim
Parent article: Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights! (Groklaw)

"...judge always take the side of "small guy" wherever it's possible"

emm, want to review the Roberts court? or, how about sitting in a typical small criminal court - I think you'd find it pretty astonishing.

would love to be proven wrong (you proven right), but my limited experience points directly contrary.

of the riaa cases, how many have been fought? how many successful suits against the microsoft tax we all know and love? how many times have you challenged a patent that's obviously bogus? ever try to recover $ from an att&t overcharge? the list is endless.

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side of the small guy?

Posted Aug 12, 2007 6:27 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

of the riaa cases, how many have been fought?

Not many. Even so few we have successful ones.

how many successful suits against the microsoft tax we all know and love?

What exactly are you talking about ? The fact that noone was able to force Microsoft to change it's predatory licensing policy ? Sorry - it goes way beyond "small guy" vs "big guy". If you are talking about refund - people were able to get it many times. Even without court.

I think you totally misunderstood what I wrote. Court does not make it easy for a "small guy" to harass a "big guy" - it'll be equally wrong. And yes, it's often the case that a "small guy" folds up without court (what the court can do in this case?). But if a "small guy" actually is brave/foolish enough to go to court - then it'll have judge's sympathy and support. Wherever possible, of course. Judge will not bend the law for the sake of a "small guy" :-) But when the law offers choice...