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I wish there was a Kickstarter like non-profit organization whose focus was finding and defending worthy cases like this. People/organizations submit their situ
by jrwoodruff 14y ago
I wish there was a Kickstarter like non-profit organization whose focus was finding and defending worthy cases like this. People/organizations submit their situation and do the work of raising awareness and collecting pledges, the organization uses the money to oversee the actual legal case and pay the attorneys, ideally a network of folks who would be willing to consider defending said cases at a reduced or pro-bono rate when possible. Might even out the David-and-Goliath odds of corporation vs. small business/individual.
- interurban 14y agoThis sounds suspiciously like the EFF but exclusively/more for IP focused issues.
- scarecrowbob 14y agoThis was my initial reaction. Is there any reason why you couldn't create a kickstarter campaign around this?
- tolos 14y ago> Prohibited uses: > No charity or cause funding. [0] Indiegogo would probably allow it though. See for example [1] [0] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines [1] http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood
- scarecrowbob 14y agoRather than approaching it as a cause, could it be understood as gaining IP clearance and the the last step in the production of the novel; I mean, legitimately one of the last steps in making the specific novel a reality, not just a general cause.
- homosaur 14y agoThe problem is that when you pay the legal fees for a party, you can be exposed to liability in certain cases. It's actually happened quite a few times.
- danielweber 14y agohttp://www.popehat.com/2013/02/06/the-popehat-signal-help-an-author-against-a-bogus-trademark-claim/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/02/06/the-popehat-signal-help-an...