[vlc-devel] WARNING: VLC is being sold without permission!!

[jpd at videolan.org]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:00:32AM +1000, xxcv wrote:
> Since you should have received a lot of money donations by now.

What makes you assume that?


> So why don't you (videolan.org do something about it) launch a law suit
> against that domain owner for infringe your Copyright ???????????
> Or you wanna let the guy get away with it ?

Have you been in a lawsuit at all? For something as nebulous and
finnicky as copyright infringment across borders?

That the RIAA has such trouble with persecuting ``music pirates'' (and
they're sitting on *a lot* of money) isn't just because their executives
are complete idiots. Their lawyers are quite competent at lawyering, if
not so much on technical details.