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    SubjectFwd: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a long time"
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    this is a quick message to let people know that evidence has been
    collected of not just knowingly-infringing copyright but *blatant*
    copyright infringment [a la "bring it on, fuckers"] by transcend
    technologies. does anyone have any recommendations as to whom should
    be contacted in order to pursue a copyright violation case against
    transcend? as a minor linux kernel source copyright holder they could
    easily and simply remove the source code contributions i have made,
    but i would still like to pursue them for copyright infringment.


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: luke.leighton <luke.leighton@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM
    Subject: Re: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a
    long time"
    To: Fernando Cassia <fcassia@gmail.com>
    Cc: legal <legal@lists.gpl-violations.org>


    On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Sorry if this has been already discussed on this list...
    >
    > http://hackaday.com/2013/09/19/advanced-transcend-wifi-sd-hacking-custom-kernels-x-and-firefox/
    >
    > "After all this was done, [Dmitry] finally got a response back from
    > one of Transcend’s support engineers. They are “Uninterested” in
    > complying with GPL, and he is “free to report this to any Linux
    > organization” Ouch! That’s one of the most cavalier GPL violations
    > we’ve seen in a long time."

    not only that but it would provide the courts with clear evidence of
    blatant copyright infringment. the penalties for such are extremely
    high.

    l.
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