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I was hoping the EFF would let its readers make up their mind on Adam Carolla, instead of praising him. This did, after all, accomplish nothing, except setting a negative precedent for crowdfunded action against patents.

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in regard to crowdfunding actions by individuals instead of established organizations like EFF. He just screwed that up for everyone else. He said over and over on his podcasts and on other podcasts he would not settle, even as late as a week ago before he took vacation. And he kept pushing people to use the Amazon link to boost the balance so the fight could continue and finish them. Unless we are missing something from this settlement, I think he will loose a lot of the good will he developed with other podcasters and those listeners he would not otherwise have had on his side.

According to the article, Corolla can't comment until September 30th. He seems to have been pretty good about being open and explaining his actions so far. So I might suggest holding tight and waiting until we hear his side of the story until passing judgment.

It depends where the money goes to now. I doubt that he'll just keep it.

Pretty sure it's already spent just to get this result.

he may have gotten a deal that includes other podcasters ... at the very least he fought the troll until it gave up and made statements suggesting it wouldn't sue other podcasters ... I'm inclined to give the guy the benefit of the doubt for now ... huge risks and expense with continuing litigation after a walk-away deal has been offered

> This did, after all, accomplish nothing

Do you not view keeping his show afloat as "something"?

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