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| [SOLVED] Ericsson slammed me with a Copyright Strike on a Teardown video, help!? |
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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: peter-h on February 17, 2020, 04:35:59 pm ---Lots of people threaten legal action, as a bully tactic. But they would not want to have their threat publicly aired. --- End quote --- Especially to a large audience, and even more so to a large on-topic audience in their market space. You have to make it clear to them that: 1) You know the law 2) You won't back down 3) You will make all correspondence public 4) They have one chance to back down before you pull the public trigger The bully will always cave when confronted like this. |
| Bud:
It will only take one who will not, and you will be a history. |
| mcovington:
I think the key point is that Ericsson has not actually alleged any definite infringement of any copyright! It's not enough for them to say something vague about "intellectual property rights." In fact, that is the kind of talk that comes from a low-level employee not trained in the law. If it had been me I would contact Ericsson and say I am willing to take down the video if you can point out exactly what, in the video, violates a copyright, bearing in mind that publicizing technical details does not violate a patent (in fact patents are intended to be made public) nor does it reveal a trade secret (because they have never given you any trade secrets -- you don't work for them). |
| Red Squirrel:
Is it legal to publish details to the public of an ongoing legal dispute though? I always thought that was illegal. Often you hear of people in such situation but they need to be very vague as they can't say any details. If you actually can publish it, including emails, then yeah that could serve as a good tactic. I just didn't think that was legal. Of course you also need to know the law yourself if you're going to do this or you're just digging yourself a grave. The law can be complicated, if you think you know it there's always "ifs and buts" and "gotchas" that can bite you in the ass. |
| mcovington:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on February 18, 2020, 01:39:09 am ---Is it legal to publish details to the public of an ongoing legal dispute though? I always thought that was illegal. Often you hear of people in such situation but they need to be very vague as they can't say any details. If you actually can publish it, including emails, then yeah that could serve as a good tactic. I just didn't think that was legal. Of course you also need to know the law yourself if you're going to do this or you're just digging yourself a grave. The law can be complicated, if you think you know it there's always "ifs and buts" and "gotchas" that can bite you in the ass. --- End quote --- They clam up because they think they can get a better settlement, or otherwise be in a strong position, if they haven't said much. I am not aware of any law against stating your own side of a legal dispute -- in fact aren't court documents public? |
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