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Lodsys Responds To In-App Purchasing Patent Controversy

Posted by Soulskill on Monday May 16, 2011 @06:20AM from the defending-their-honor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last week, a heretofore unknown company named Lodsys sent FedEx packages to a number of independent iOS developers informing them that their use of in-app purchasing infringed on valid patents they owned. Now Lodsys has publicly responded to a number of issues/questions levied at them over the past few days."

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Re:One question they did not answer by mellon · 2011-05-16 06:31 · Score: 5, Insightful

Who cares why they think they should profit from something so obvious? Why do foxes think they should profit from rabbits' foraging? It's a meaningless question. They are just trying to feed themselves, in a way that rabbits might argue is immoral, but that no fox would agree is.
The real question is, when are we going to stop letting foxes gnaw at our bellies and fight back?