Totally Pointless Lawsuit Accusing Mobile Carriers Of Being P2P File Sharers Dismissed; Plaintiffs Say They're Happy
from the um,-guys,-you-lost-big-time dept
Last summer, we wrote about an incredibly poorly thought out lawsuit, by a company named Luvdarts, developers of MMS content, suing the mobile operators, because MMS can be forwarded from a recipient to another person. The company claimed that the big mobile operators were no different than file sharing networks, like Limewire or Gnutella, because each forwarding of content was infringement. As we pointed out at the time, this made no sense. It was a silly argument that was really being put forth by a guy named Max Davis, who has an equally silly plan to add compulsory licensing to MMS content, and this lawsuit was an incredibly weak attempt to push the mobile operators into negotiating. Instead, as we predicted, it's been dismissed by the courts for failure to state a claim. The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning that the court doesn't want to see them again on this. The press release linked above is kind of amusing, because it has the folks behind the lawsuit claiming that they're happy about this result and planning to appeal. Guys, you just got laughed out of court, because this lawsuit makes no sense. Appealing isn't going to fix that.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: file sharing, mms, royalties
Companies: at&t, luvdarts, sprint, t-mobile, verizon
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But, it could be damn funny. Imagine if they find another judge willing to quote star wars: "the force is not strong with your case, dismissed you are!"
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Interesting line of thought
"Being quieted and removed only strengthens our negotiating position. Now, we've got them just where we want them: annoyed and antagonistic.
Imagine if we'd been jailed or killed! The cellphone companies would have no choice but to implement our licensing!"
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AC Argument #3.2
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Hahahaha from you? and your little do-nothing, "lets just recast the same exact business models in a slightly different form so WE can grab some cash" nu-business? Really? ok then. Cant wait to see how you TOTALLY change the business and put Mike in his PLACE!
In case you missed it, I wont be holding my breath. I'll be too busy ignoring Yet Another Middleman Business Built On Excessive and Overbearing Copyright Monopolies (YAMBBOEOCM) while it fails utterly.
But good luck with that....
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Max needs to change his name - to Min
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