Re: Brinks Home Security files Civil Suit against Jim Rojas & www.tech-man.com

["Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>No one in his right mind would want to go there (let alone live >there).
I see you're feeling much better.
"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>> They can huff and puff all they like.
>
> You're going to wipe the floor with them.  BTW, as to the tortious
> interference claim, that's also bogus.  Nowhere do they even allege that
> you have enticed any current customer to breach a contract with them.
>
> Erasing or over-writing firmware does not constitute copyright
> infringement any more than burning one of their manuals.  Since you're not
> copying and distributing the firmware there's no infringement.  If I
> understand things correctly, you receive a panel with the firmware intact,
> erase or modify the lockout code and send it back to it's (presumptive)
> owner.  That isn't a copyright infringement either since you're not
> holding the thing for sale.
>
> The allegation that by reselling a panel you are infringing a copyright on
> the "firmware" therein is also bogus since it is integral to the hardware.
> That would be like Ford saying that by reselling it's cars you've stolen
> the copyrighted firmware in the engine computer.
>
> The biggest problem for you is going to be hiring a Texas lawyer and/or
> going there occasionally.  No one in his right mind would want to go there
> (let alone live there).
>