A victory for the trolls

Posted Apr 26, 2011 1:13 UTC (Tue) by lakeland (guest, #1157)
In reply to: A victory for the trolls by MisterIO
Parent article: A victory for the trolls

It wouldn't help.

Where the software is made is irrelevant - you would have to go one step further and stop selling software in the US. Given the exceedingly broad definition of selling, I would suspect you would have to - at least on paper - ban distribution in the US entirely.

Sure, but this is minor issue

Posted Apr 26, 2011 12:08 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

You can sign a deal with someone who'll sell your programs in US. Since only proven-good software will be sold there expenses will be slimmer. Since you still will amass US patents to cripple efforts of US competitors they will feel the full impact.

Basically the threshold is the point where it's pointless to even try to create new startup for it will be destroyed by overseas competitors before it'll reach the stage where it can be IPOd.

This will require few more years and some more high-profile defeats (like the one under discussion today).

P.S. This why I said China and not India: you need strong internal market for the effect to take hold. If the YouTube and/or Facebook are illegal there... well it just means that development in these directions will still be concentrated in US and will lag behind other developments.