Creative: Defending intellectual property from their own stupidi

Creative was right in defending their intellectual property, the only one who can't see that are little kids.
Here's a question though, if you have to go defend your intellectual property from people adding what you said was supposed to be their originally, what does that do for you?
Not only that, but doesn't that make you legally liable as well?
If Vista is so hard to program for as alot have said, then how come some random dude can make software work in a matter of months while a group of developers can't in YEARS?!
Creative, your defending your illectual property from your own stupidity. You brought this on yourself.
Whats even sadder is how this is turning out.
I love Creative products. But this reminds me of the Commodore 64.
The makers of Commodore had made the awesome Commodore 64. Then they came out with the Amiga, far ahead of it's time. But it and the company died due to bad marketing.
It doesn't matter how good your product is, it matters how people like it
This day makes me sad. I'm not gonna take a piss on Creative like alot of the spammers are doing. But Creative has dug their own grave.
Message Edited by GodofDestructon on 04-0-2008 05:06 AM

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