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Analogy

Posted May 14, 2004 12:43 UTC (Fri) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
In reply to: Analogy by XERC
Parent article: MS drags Linspire back to court (Register)

Great, that way any jerk can sue anyone for anything at no cost! (I'm not
trying to denigrate Estonians, it will happen anywhere.)

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Analogy

Posted May 15, 2004 21:44 UTC (Sat) by XERC (guest, #14626) [Link]

Luckily, the the free option is not eligible for sueing!!!
It's for defending only. By the way, there is a big
cultural difference between an average EU citizen and an average
US citizen:
average EU citizen's do not sue eachother even halve as much as
it's done by average US citizens.

In Estonia, sueing is seen as very extreme and bad case
and I haven't yet heared,
that anybody(excluding lawyers) would considere sueing as a
way of doing business in Estonia.

For instance, in one case, a local
security firm infringed a copyright of a local software firm. The
issue got in to the news, but it was solved outside of the court, just by
simply paying the license fees. Practically, BSA(read: M$) is the main
firm, that sues others. I guess, that BSA was also the main lobbyer of
the local IP laws, that consider copyright infrigement a huge crime, resulting 30000EUR in fines(to the state, not to the software company, so
no "damages" can be seaked) + up to 3 years of imprisonment for the CEO or
CIO.

So, although there are many things in Estonia, that an intelligent Estoian feels ashame of(like a lieing, authoritarian and indirectly corrupt mayor of the Estonian capital, Tallinn), Estonia is not a suers heaven.

Analogy

Posted May 18, 2004 17:30 UTC (Tue) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]

I think you need to keep in mind that what you hear in the media is NOT IN
ANY WAY an indication of the cultural bent of the "average US citizen".
Remember that you ONLY hear bad things about the US, good news doesn't
sell is the standard excuse.

Analogy

Posted May 15, 2004 21:56 UTC (Sat) by XERC (guest, #14626) [Link]

Oh, I forgot to reemphasize:

The "jerk" has to prove his/her bad financial position in order
to be eligible for the free representation. So, the firms or
otherwise citizens with appropriate financial means will have to
hire their representation by themselves. Practically it means, that
one can't pick a poor citizen and blackmail his/her IP, or what ever
else, without a real, community serving, reason.