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Re:Standing Up to a Dangerous New Breed of Patent Troll by openmosix on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:44PM (#14317425)
I had the very same reaction after reading this. A long post that describes how bad patent trolls are, a general call to embrace the fight, everyone should join the fight sponsored by Cloudflare and together we can win! But, if for whatever reason Blackbird leaves us alone and they bully someone else - not our problem anymore!

As someone who does not have a dog in this fight, I see no reasons to help them when it's blatantly obvious they are just fighting for themselves.

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Re:Standing Up to a Dangerous New Breed of Patent Troll by manigandham on Thursday May 11, 2017 @06:34PM (#14320063)
> I see no reasons to help them when it's blatantly obvious they are just fighting for themselves

They're a business, they're supposed to fight for themselves. And the bounty is the reason to help.

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Re:Standing Up to a Dangerous New Breed of Patent Troll by SkyMarshal on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:27PM (#14320818)
Fighting for themselves could also take the form of teaming up with Newegg and other active troll fighters, funding an ongoing prior art bounty together that targets the patents of known patent trolls, and keeping it going indefinitely.
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