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I am getting on a plane and won't have internet access for days, but can someone please start a site like IAmATroll.com or whatever and compile a list - hopeful
by arturadib 14y ago
I am getting on a plane and won't have internet access for days, but can someone please start a site like IAmATroll.com or whatever and compile a list - hopefully with profile pictures - of patent trollers, and who they're suing. I'd be happy to help promote and maintain it when I'm back.
If we can't win legally, let's at least try a grassroots approach. Perhaps shame will have some effect on these people.
- JoshTriplett 14y agoWhy would you think shame would have any effect? Shame does not lose court cases or reduce patent licensing fees. You can't stop a patent troll by any means that does not directly affect their revenue.
- arturadib 14y agoThe "green" movement seems to be making some progress.
- sharkweek 14y agoFrom a very cynical perspective -- a lot of that is still profit driven.
- regularfry 14y agoIf turning a profit and a moral goal are aligned, so much the better.
- JoshTriplett 14y ago"Green" has successfully affected revenue: people value green products and green companies, and "green" affects purchasing decisions. Patent trolls, by definition, have no products to purchase and no interaction with consumers; how consumers view them will have no effect on their revenue. Name-and-shame tactics don't help. Massive public opinion campaigns could still prove useful in this case, but only insofar as they affect the legislative and judicial systems that support patents and patent trolls.