AKA Legal Defense Fund Pledge Drive!

[spantol]

Fellow AOers,

AuctionJunkie!, a mod for the AKA forums at PBNation and an AKA Master Tech, has said that if there is enough interest in an AKA Legal Defense Fund, there's a good chance that he can work with AKA to set one up.

With that in mind, I urge those of you that feel strongly about this patent issue to raise your voices here, and to put your money where your mouths are.

I have $1,000 for AKA, if they're willing to take it. Would anyone else like to add to the pool?

Updated - 12-22-2003
Donations can now be made via PayPal at [email protected]

Related Threads:

PBNation - AKA Press Release 12/21/03

Automags.org - Smart Parts Strikes Again! now its AKA

[personman]

Uhhhhhh
I have $10!!!

[magman007]

not trying to sound like a tight wad or some one looking for something, but would any of this be deductable? or would we recieve any thing at all? even a kind letter from aka?

[spantol]

magman007: I think it's safe to assume at this point that this wouldn't be tax deductible. Too soon to tell on the rest of it, though I'd imagine something like a thank-you press release would be issued, at least.

[pbguy888]

I could donate some , not any where near 1k but still some...

[spantol]

pbguy888: Whatever you feel you can give will be more than enough--please chime in with even a lowball estimate. I'd like to be able to have a rolling dollar amount in this thread that we can show AKA what AO is willing to give.

[personman]

Eh, ok you guys are making me feel bad.
I'll do 20!

[Meph]

Hmmmmm, if this is so then I'll have to call up AuctionJunkie. Might have to give a generous contribution of my own.

[IWANTMOREMAGS]

I shoot a Merlin, it's great so I guess I could put up around $80 or $90

[adam shannon]

im saving my $ till they go after AGD...probably right after wgp and wdp.

[spantol]

You realize, of course, that a win in court against AKA will establish a precedent, making it even more of an uphill battle for successive victims, right?

[adam shannon]

it will never go to trial. its too costly. aka will cave then sp will sue the next on the list. nobody ( average pb players ) took it seriously when they started with icd...everybody talked smack and put funny sp nazi gifs in their sigs, but nobody did anything...then after the settlement with icd everything went back to normal...till now.

the whole community needed to band together a year ago, but PB is to fractured as it is. most manufacturers seem to be holding their breath while glad that sp is hitting their competition too.

if it would have been everybody against sp it would have been over already. the bandwagon has pulled away and all thats left is hot air. a $10 donation wont even cover what a lawyer charges to lick a stamp. and $100,000 would just be the retainer. SP knows all this, so you all better just pre-order your '04 nerves right now. its too late.

[spantol]

You very well may be right. Personally, I'm just not quite that cynical yet. At this point, it should be abundantly clear to all manufacturers that their number will indeed come up, in time. Consumers that vocally bought into the Smart Parts spin that the ICD suit was only about "future products" are left eating their words. Smart Parts is coming, and nothing shy of a decisive court loss is going to stop them.

As a consumer, contributing to AKA's defense is really the only thing I can do to help this situation. Given the choice between doing something and doing nothing, I feel that I have to do something.

[agdemagman69]

Since AKA creates the only gun that has never broke on me, Im throwing in AT LEAST 50$

[adam shannon]

dont get me wrong, i was hoping to get a diffrent response...i really dont think the world is lost...but was hoping to bring out some anger at my choice of words just to emphasize how serious the issue is.

but i do think that the whole non sp enabling pb world needs to revolt in unison. more $ and more momentum.

the worst thing about this is the average player who doesnt go to message boards really has no idea this is all going on. of the dozens of kids who were sporting sp hats/etc at my field none of them even knew what was going on behind the scenes. nobody who isnt on the boards knows whats going on. the same couple hundred people who are posting about it arent going to do anything...the truth needs to get out.

and while im on a rant...and my background is internet sales, and i ran a message board for my product...anyways only about 1% of people who jump on a bandwagon will actually do anything reguardless of what they post. ask tom why he had thousands of roller triggers made then only sold a couple dozen!

because talk is just that talk!