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There are no need to fight these Chinese manufacturers...There are no need to fight these Chinese manufacturers...Posted Jul 26, 2010 13:55 UTC (Mon) by etienne (subscriber, #25256)In reply to: There are no need to fight these Chinese manufacturers... by mpr22 Parent article: Gratton: The Sad State of Open Source in Android tablets
These shiny ARM based devices with Linux and no source whatsoever are built for countries which do not enforce copyright.
I can not do anything about that. What I want is not to find for sale in the high street product containing stolen software, what I am asking is that those products are removed from the shelves. For that I would need a lawyer against the shop. They are competing against a potential "good guy" who would try to do it the right way, and who would obviously have higher costs. They really please the hardware compoments sellers because they sells more without having to release specs. Even a source code drop would help: the linux state would have been very different with a source code for wireless drivers, video drivers,... that they are using on these devices - but that is probably the main reason why they can't release the source.
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Administrative proceeding with US Customs? Posted Jul 26, 2010 16:49 UTC (Mon) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]
If you're a copyright holder, and the manufacturer exports to the USA, you can start an administrative proceeding with the US Customs Service. It looks much easier and less expensive than a court case.
You don't get money damages, but the shipment doesn't get through Customs. The importer has to ship it back, destroy it, or turn it over to the copyright holder.
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