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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8897393" data-attributes="member: 20741">Perhaps.I think it is certainly true that these things have a cadence and cycle to them those of us in the law can ignore as we are frequently distracted by logic, process, doctrine, and minutiae in our analyses. It is what we do, after all; lawyers gonna lawyer.However, all of these things are driven by commerce and commercial concerns - and consumer driven commerce, in particular, depends upon trust and goodwill and a willingness among the public to buy a product or service for its perceived value-in-use. When you significantly piss off and antagonize a material swath of your consumer base, all of the niceties and conditions in IP agreements matter little and count for less.Emotion is governing this now, not rationality. That doesn't mean that the emotional response is irrational (it isn't) but once it gets its head, it's going to run for a good long while yet.We'll come back to the niceties, conditions, and minutiae at some point -- but that point isn't now. For now, the rats are in the corn. Lets see what's left before we plan dinner for the next decade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8897393, member: 20741"] Perhaps. I think it is certainly true that these things have a cadence and cycle to them those of us in the law can ignore as we are frequently distracted by logic, process, doctrine, and minutiae in our analyses. It is what we do, after all; [I]lawyers gonna lawyer[/I]. However, all of these things are driven by commerce and commercial concerns - and consumer driven commerce, in particular, depends upon [I]trust and goodwill [/I]and a willingness among the public to buy a product or service for its perceived value-in-use. When you significantly piss off and antagonize a material swath of your consumer base, all of the niceties and conditions in IP agreements matter little and count for less. Emotion is governing this now, not rationality. That doesn't mean that the emotional response is irrational (it isn't) but once it gets its head, it's going to run for a good long while yet. We'll come back to the niceties, conditions, and minutiae at some point -- but that point isn't now. For now, [I]the rats are in the corn[/I]. Lets see what's left before we plan dinner for the next decade. [/QUOTE]

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