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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
besides, the law is not about who's right or wrong. it's about who wins. to determine that... you have to to fight. fighting comes with a serious cost. its all fine and well to talk tough... but when it comes down to it and you realize you're doing nothing but enriching a room full of attorneys just to take a principled stand, you'll regret the waste of time, money and energy.
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I understand what you're saying, but my reference involved this industry in particular and the possible effect on smaller webmasters and programs.
For example, if my developing brand all of a sudden begins to take over an established, wealthy program, and they decide to exert a similar effort as Twisty's to shut me down, who really wins in the long term?
What if the service that I'm providing (or would have come up with because of my newfound success) would have actually helped the industry move 10 years ahead?
Who really suffers? We can fool ourselves all we want, but there are people (namely lawmakers) who would love to see this industry fall flat on its face. At the same time, while every business is about money, there needs to be some semblance of decorum when situations like this occur. The problems that I have seen in my short stint in this industry involve a deep fragmentation regarding business planning and established standards.
It seems as if we all can be turned against each other with a simple accusation.
Order needs to be implemented and regardless of whether people find themselves on the shitty end of the stick, there needs to be a sense of professionalism and respect at all times...or at least as much as possible.
Another point to ponder is:
Do we really want regulators and lawmakers delving in the inner workings of our industry and being the "referees" in fights that they don't want any of us to win?