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I was careful not to comment on the actual good-ness of the potential results for a reason. All I said is that Epic Games did not file the suit purely out of t

I was careful not to comment on the actual good-ness of the potential results for a reason. All I said is that Epic Games did not file the suit purely out of the goodness of their hearts, the desire to make the world a better place, and despite their own wallets. They are doing this for themselves. It doesn't mean the results can't be good, but it does mean it shouldn't be on a list of lawsuits filed for purely altruistic reasons with no selfish motives.

californical 6y ago
It’s a little tricky because there has to be some level of selfish motives for a business with many stakeholders to take a gamble like that. Like, the UC system was paying extraordinary amounts of money for their access to that publishing platform, and the platform wanted even more for the privilege of making the articles free to the public. There was a selfish incentive there too (10s of millions of dollars). Even though they had plenty of money to just pay the fee, they could argue that they were financially benefitting themselves while also helping the entire academic community. I don’t think businesses/organizations would ever do something totally altruistically without some inward benefit. I think the math for Epic Games leans more selfishly in their lawsuit than many others, but I don’t think the motivations were entirely selfish either. It’s possible that I’m wrong though.
GoblinSlayer 6y ago
Sure, most american businesses are delusional that reputation is not an asset, maybe Epic Games aren't that stupid.