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To: kingu

-—————Being that EFF ditched the Soros snake three years ago——————

Did they now?

On what basis do you make this claim?


21 posted on 10/30/2010 7:51:30 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Minority Report 2: Tea Party Participant)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
On what basis do you make this claim?

The Soros donations was in support of his investment in Quanta Computers in their fight against Intel and method patents, where Quanta incorporated Intel parts with non-Intel memory, which Intel claimed violated Intel's method patents as well as intellectual property. The argument was made before SCOTUS in January 2008, and that concluded the Soros funding to EFF.

Oh, and FYI, EFF won the case, which maintained the right of consumers to repair their personal property, even if it violates the license electronic manufacturers try to apply, such as using a non-Apple hard drive in a Mac, or using a non-Tivo authorized harddrive upgrade.

It was a very limited arrangement in support of an investment, because if Quanta lost the suit, Soros' investment in the company would have been ruined.

25 posted on 10/30/2010 8:15:59 PM PDT by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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