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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8437078" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Yes, it is worth asking that, among many, questions. We should not lean on our preconceived understanding of what went down. If there is evidence suggesting that Williams was the key reason for this, it would be interesting to hear. That's true, and it absolutely is a difference in kind. No arguments. However, it is also not different in that it was a company going straight for the C&D, sometimes alienating their base for the aggressiveness, under a misguided notion as to what they needed to do to protect their IP. To me it speaks to my point about companies large and small not knowing what to make of the internet, nor what they needed to do to protect their IP on the internet. TSR was not the only company to make this mistake (or, in its stead, a different mistake), which again does not excuse the action, but does contextualize it. Regardless, it is example of Gary and Lorraine doing similar things, and potentially Gary getting more of a pass on the thing (my inclination is that it certainly isn't in the top 10 things people tend to bring up about him, while it's in the top 3 things in the standard critique of LW). Plus as I mentioned before, we really do not know how much of this was Williams, TSR's legal team, or whomever was put in charge of 'figuring out the internet and what it means for our business.' If we could get more answers to questions like this, it would help at least me decide how much I will blame Williams for that action (that I acknowledge was TSR screwing up).</blockquote>

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