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rhys1882
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
I love how you guys throw in "we'll have to wait and hear" at the very end, when your posting makes it clear that you are just accepting Arrington's word as gospel on the subject and have already indicted FusionGarage as the evildoer in the situation. Could your bias for Arrington be more obvious?

Drowned in a bathtub of greed and selfishness? They weren't working on the cure for cancer. It was a business relationship. Get off your high horse.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
11/30/09

@rhys1882: Well, we'd love to get FusionGarage's side of things, but they haven't updated their page since February, Mr. White Knight.

Even so, it's hard for me to imagine any sort of circumstance where this kind of thing would be acceptable. At best, even if it is completely legally above-board, it's kind of a dick move.
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Duckspwn
11/30/09

@rhys1882:
"Get off your high horse"
The same could be said for you...
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Benguin
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Screw you, Arrington!

/laporte

What a bummer though, really.
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seanpat12
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Since the crunch pad is dead, how much of their technology do you think Apple will steal and call their own?

haha neat tablet, and what a shame to see it die...
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JPMarat
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Ouch, Popular Mechanics just gambled and lost. [www.popularmechanics.com]
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
FusionGarage just killed the goose.

They would have had a great niche product here. Now, they're just going to have a ton of legal headaches.
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Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
The CrunchPad is dead. Long live CrunchPad.
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Bertone77
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
"Mostly though I’m just sad. I never envisioned the CrunchPad as a huge business. I just wanted a tablet computer that I could use to consume the Internet while sitting on a couch."

I hate to say it but that was a fundamental flaw in TechCrunches thinking. It is and will be a Huge Business, Apple and others are chomping at the bit to get a device like this into the market, whoever does this first (and well) will reap big $$$.

And this is why is sounds like TechCrunch fell prey to predatory investors. Those bastards have no soul when it comes to ideas, it all about profit.

It sounds like TechCrunch could have used a good Patent Attorney along time ago.

/sadface
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weatherman
11/30/09

@Bertone77: I suspect that is Arrington's way of casting himself in a more sympathetic light, rather than an admission that he didn't protect himself legally. He says in the article that they own the IP jointly and that he fully intends to sue the pants off of everyone shortly.
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dagamer34
11/30/09

@weatherman: He's a former lawyer. I doubt he's that stupid.
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weatherman
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Wow. That's a very interesting twist. I have no idea whether I should believe Arrington's explanation - I don't have any personal reason to distrust him, but I generally don't believe just one source, especially when that source tries to present a hero-vs-villain story (and the source is the hero). That said, it's sad that the CrunchPad is dead. I was looking forward to it. I guess I'll have to take a closer look at the Archos devices, or one of the thousand other devices coming out running Android or whatever.
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stephenball1
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
The corporate greed demonstrated here is just enraging. How can a shareholder convince themselves that this is a good move? This is absolutely ridiculous.
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RainyDayInterns
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Well...we, as consumers, certainly can decide not to buy it if it ever make it to market.

OK...unless it is really cool and cost $100. Then all principles are put on hold for the want of cool tech gear.

Christ, we interns are so easily corrupted.
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lostarchitect
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
What is FusionGarage thinking? They'll be sued into oblivion! This in just insanely dumb on their part.
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Justin Paulson
11/30/09

In reply to The CrunchPad Is Dead
Hmm, I don't see how they could get away with stealing the project out from under him without some sort of IP litigation. I would hope lawyers are getting involved if it truly played out as stated.
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John Herrman
11/30/09

@Justin Paulson: Michael Arrington a former corporate lawyer at a major firm, so I have a feeling that options will be, AHEM, explored.
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frigg
06/15/09

In reply to Google Doesn't Want to Pay Artists for Making Custom Chrome Skins
Maybe Google got confused about artists and musicians, since I don't think you're supposed to pay musicians anymore.
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timtempest
06/15/09

In reply to Google Doesn't Want to Pay Artists for Making Custom Chrome Skins
So... they are not being forced to do this for no money... they chose to do the work for exposure instead of cash. I dont get how this makes google evil. If the artists dont want to work for no money, then dont.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/15/09

@timtempest: If they didn't want to work for no money, than they should have chosen different careers.
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Geisrud
06/15/09

In reply to Google Doesn't Want to Pay Artists for Making Custom Chrome Skins
Curious what the contract says. Did Google say they would pay them for the work? Was a contract drawn up?

yeah, people need to get paid, but if there's no contract saying "We'll pay your for X", then don't expect compensation.
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markterry
06/15/09

@Geisrud - MS150 fundraising time!: There is no legal issue here. This is simply a matter of Google acting like a dick to weasel free work by leveraging "exposure" as if that were good enough.

If they were soliciting work from complete unknowns, that would make sense, but they are trying this on experienced artists who've done global campaigns for major multinational corporations. It's insulting, and shows how ignorant Google can be when it comes to anything other than coding.

I think everyone missed the point of the article.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/15/09

@markterry: Yeah, how incredibly ignorant of everyone here to have missed the point of the article, except for you.
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