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He absolutely had a duty to keep fighting them because the money raised was by people who wanted just that; to fight until the bitter end. Instead he settled an
by braum 12y ago
He absolutely had a duty to keep fighting them because the money raised was by people who wanted just that; to fight until the bitter end. Instead he settled and thanks to all of donations and other podcasts chipping in to push money his way; he got off free and clear and with nothing to gain for other podcasters. This will come back to bite Carolla in the ass big time. I've been listening to him since Loveline and have been using his amazon link for months...
- webXL 12y agoI don't think people wanted him to fight to the bitter end and lose! PersonalAudio most likely isn't going to get one cent of what they set out to get (including what you and everyone else contributed). So in my mind, this is a pretty good result.
- SoftwareMaven 12y agoAnybody who expected him to risk $1.5M of his own money needs to re-evaluate their own expectations. He fought as hard as he could, given the resources he had available. The community didn't give him the resources to fight an open-ended battle, so he had to settle with what he could. It is an unfortunate turn of events, but the battle is still being fought.
- coldpie 12y agoI'll bet you anything he spent every last penny given for patent defense, as well as a good chunk of his own money (not to mention time!), just to get the result you see in this article. No one's been ripped off or had their money spent on anything other than patent defense, and I bet the coffers are empty. You have no reason to feel taken advantage of.