Out of Pod Experience

So, for years now there's been this little do-nothing company, Soverain Software, which has been nothing but a patent holding company for patents bought from defunct companies. They sell nothing, they make nothing, and the only innovative thing that comes from them are the rationalizations in their lawsuits.

Basically, their primary (only!) stream of revenue is legal extortion based on three purchased patents dealing with 'Shopping Cart' technology. Their goal? 1% of every transaction, anywhere on the webs, whereby the retailer uses anything remotely like a shopping cart. Their main weapon? Patent-friendly East Texas courts.

1% is a HUGE number, especially for a company that does, sells, makes nothing.

Along comes Newegg, who goes to the mat on the subject, and the patent troll gets crushed.


Now, I don't usually shop Newegg, but this makes me wanna go shopping right now. This is part of a major re-allignment in internet and IT technology lawsuit precidents - Indefensible patents are being called out, and trolls are being put on-notice.

Newegg always rocked. Lost count of how many computers I built ordering the parts from them.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I fail to see how stopping Mega rich filthy lawyers stealing off Mega Rich filthy corps is either good or bad or relevant at all to us puny poor humans in the grand scheme of Filthy Rich Megacorps and Entities.

I dont think any retailer with this great discovery will begin charging less for their products to us as end consumers ... just sayin´

When the megarichfilthylawyers win, everyone's cost goes up.

I give money to NewEgg in return for goods, and am almost always pleased with the transaction.

I give money to lawyers only under threat of extortion, and am never pleased with the result.

I hope this clears things up!

Newegg has always been OK as far as corps go. I have yet to see them get a no-bid government contract or grease politicians to get laws passed that squash their competition.

Not really, It´s a matter of opinion, biased really, but my personal opinion on the issue though. From this side of the pond, where I have to root kindles or install bogus third party apps so people can enjoy pirated software on their devices, I don´t see the benefit in a larger scale picture as you do.

Regions like Latinamerica, lots of them locked and relegated to top online content, and treated like crap simply because big megacorporations can´t enforce their laws easily down here is my issue.

To me its irrelevant if these corps continue doing business and have less legal hurdles thus promoting growth in e-commerce in your region and I think you can, at least, see my point.

Even Panama, with it´s so called Free Commerce Treaty with the USA, is still sadly lagging way behind other countries. Meh, even people with Ipads that dont want to lock themselves out of anything good and stay legit have to change their stores to USA.

E Commerce is just a big virtualization of national boundaries, and that is wrong, plain dead wrong in my book.

These issues cause little if any ripple on my ability, with latinamerican money to actually enjoy the same content.

A physical one I can understand, but a virtual one, its simply morbid, and even then.

The true revolution in E-commerce is when national boundaries and limits of accessibility to content are lifted.

But I´m talking about virtual goods, ok, let´s talk more in line with REAL ones, like the kind that new egg sells.

The hurdles I have to go through customs and local laws here, make almost anything, depending on tier and sector, cost from 15% to 45% more.

I don´t know if you are following me ... I´m thinking in terms of the guy that lives in a place that despite being gorgeous is treated like a backwater forgotten third world country by these same megacorps and entities that want to sell "Stuff" all in the illusions of lost profits.

I just soured a lot with all of this when Netflix finally arrived for Latinamerica for example. Having used Netflix in the USA I knew the type of content it could provide. When it arrived here, besides watching some 1950s movies on their catalogue and stuff like Howard the Duck and some weird Mexican black and white movies added as a supposed "bonus" that´s when I lost it.

The whole legal and copyright issue is simply absurd from my side of the fence. I can easily get for 1$ dvd quality movies in a copy on the market here, and If I am cheap, I can just leech the net off work to download pirated series.

Most stuff I want I have to either smuggle in the country (everyone knows how, but it never happens) or pay upfront with lots of $$$ to have it delivered here.

The unwashed masses of my tribe see no benefit in your growth potential.

Hope I made my reasons for saying what I said more clear, or at least, understood from MY point of view, since yours is truly correct and actually enticing.