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To: Liberty1970; B4Ranch; Kevmo
I'm pretty ignorant regarding business deals, but can anyone more knowledgeable in such matters comment on the reports about Defkalion offering a set franchise price for E-cat production rights by country? Does that make any kind of sense?

Also, does anyone have a source for the report that Defkalion is selling franchises? All I can find right now are blogs and discussion boards mentioning it, nothing official. I hope I'm not muddling any facts.

3 posted on 08/01/2011 7:07:35 AM PDT by Liberty1970 (For by grace are you saved through faith.)
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To: Liberty1970
In my career I have been involved in several negotiations regarding country licensing rights. Mostly it is a legal protection thing and a funding generator. I would be doing the same as Rossi were I in his position. BTW $40m is chump change if this thing works.
11 posted on 08/01/2011 7:18:44 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Liberty1970
In recent weeks we've been hearing about how Defkalion is asking for $40 million euros for exclusive manufacturing rights in each country from franchise purchasers.

An advantage of such a scheme is that if the E-cat doesn't work, it is not clear that the purchasers have been defrauded. They would still have exclusive manufacturing rights. The rights would simply be for a device that doesn't work. It would all depend on how the contract were worded. An important detail would be what court had jurisdiction and who the enforcing authority would be.

You only have to look at software contracts to see that it is easy to write a contract which completely protects the seller and leaves the buyer with no effective recourse.

13 posted on 08/01/2011 7:20:31 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Liberty1970

Think of it as a car. No, that is not the way to sell franchises because of the varying population counts. Put one worldwide price on the unit and shove it out the door. The wealthiest people will be the first to buy, then five years later when it needs to be refueled your second hand market will appear. The wealthiest people will then be buying the newer model and selling their old model.

Why would I give you $10M to sell to a country that only has 5M people in it when I can give you the same 5M to sell in a country that has 500M?

http://www.defkalion-energy.com/


20 posted on 08/01/2011 7:54:59 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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To: Liberty1970
Why would I give you $10M to sell to a country that only has 5M people in it when I can give you the same 5M to sell in a country that has 500M?

Why would I give you $10M to sell to a country that only has 5M people in it when I can give you the same $10M to sell in a country that has 500M?

25 posted on 08/01/2011 8:05:56 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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89 posted on 08/01/2011 6:12:42 PM PDT by Kevmo (Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: Liberty1970; B4Ranch

Does that make any kind of sense?
***It might make sense if you look at it from Rossi’s perspective. B4Ranch might be able to shed some light on this as well.

Let’s say he really knows that this stuff works. He’ll be selling franchises/distributorships/whatever for the rest of his life. But for the next 2 months the only folks interested are those who are LENR supporters. After October, the price of such franchises is going to skyrocket due to huge demand. This is the chance for LENR supporters to get in at a low price.


90 posted on 08/01/2011 6:17:19 PM PDT by Kevmo (Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all. ~Ronald Reagan)
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