Upsetting News From The OLPC Front Lines
by Eric SociaI don’t have time right now for a full update, but I just HAD to post a link to this article. Apparently, a Nigerian-owned company called LANCOR has filed a lawsuit against Nicholas Negroponte and the OLPC Association for patent infringement regarding “Multilingual Keyboard Technology.” This is very disturbing news. If LANCOR wins this, they could put a stop to the distribution of OLPC’s in struggling countries, and even possibly stop it altogether.
EDIT: Well, that was quick… I just heard from a friend that this is bunk… check this link… http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080103211653578
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You have to take anything about Nigeria on the net as possible bunk from the start.
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I have to agree, however Nigeria is not the only offender(just very pronounced).
I have gotten an uncountable amount of spam/scam from not only nigeria but also from the UK, Hong Kong, and many other places.
In fact when added with scams promoting Job offers, inheritance, Your email is the lucky winner, here lies so and so on their death bed with a cancerous condition and I bequeath to you(yea you ,the one who is addressed as “dear friend “)my many millions left to me by my late mate, but you have to do it without telling anyone cause I don’t want my mates family to know about it,LETTERS. IT HAS BECOME A REAL WORLD WIDE PROBLEM.
I’m sure that if I answered all of them I would be a billionaire by now!
Trouble is it’s all funny money, out to get into your real money!
best thing to do is to realize that there are no lotteries,job offers,or bank executives,Barristers (lawyers), dieing millionaires,
writing to you without addressing you by name , who are real.
Fantasy is fun but can also be dangerous to your computer as some of these also contain viruses and worms which go into your computer upon opening the emails
My thought? Don’t open them, if you don’t know them! James
That is a damn shame! I hope they do not win.
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Patents are a bunch of B.S. in my opinion. If LANCOR has such a great idea, why aren’t they out there in the world making lots of money from their idea, instead of trying to sue other organizations. OLPC is one of those organizations that is trying to make the world a better place, I really hope that LANCOR is able to take their dream away from them.
It would seem as though not just the US is becoming a sue happy nation. The disease is spreading visciously throughout the world.
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its a real shame. i guess globalisation is slowly taking out all the humanly qualities from the humans. hope they lose.
Oh man! That phone PC would be great for viewing the photos that ScanDigital just touched up for me. Does it have a camera on it?
Disturbing. Cool blog, thanks for sharing. I will stop by more often!
How did you come across this article? Cause I didn’t hear anything about this before this post, I wonder why it isn’t more public.
I highly doubt that will win something that would demoralize a country like that. If they do win, I will move to mars.
Lol youre funny james. sadly youre also right!
I think it would be absolutely devastating if LANCOR were to actually win this lawsuit. I am hoping their claim of patent infringement isn’t strong enough, which I doubt it is, because providing multilingual keyboard technology should be encouraged not hindered by unwarranted barriers. The distribution of OLPCs is difficult enough as it is, lets not make it worse!
Don’t believe everything you read about Nigeria. I get so many e-mails saying the relatives of some Nigerian official passed away and they need my help holding their money etc. I just put it in the spam box.
I think if someone is granted a patent it should be stipulated that they develop the technology within X years or the patent is revoked. That should stop patent-squating.
that is rather sad.
Unfortunately, Nigeria has such a bad rep so I didn’t believe it for one minute.
This is a real sad news. Can anything be done?
Any updates on whats happened so far?
Why does Nigeria continually get a trashed reputation? A few bad apples spoil the bunch. What a shame.
It’s sad that there are people out there trying to change the world…and then people who are out there that are so money hungry, that they get in the way of progress.
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Oh , it is a sad News, any further information about the situation??
Haha! I agree with James. Whenever you see Nigeria in an article, immediately dismiss it.
This reminds me of an e-mail I received claiming to be from an African organization donating laptops. It asked for a Western Union payment in multiples of $100 to donate laptops to kids in village schools. There was nothing legit about it, so please don’t be fooled by the criminals trying to take advantage of your kindness.
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OLPC is a great organization. They are truly trying to make the world a better place. I hope that greedy companies like LANCOR can not stop OLPC from achieving it’s goals.
Dont believe anything that comes from nigeria. I really hope this isn’t true. Please keep us updated.
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Any more news? Unfortunately Nigeria gets a bad rep in all this. There’s been a long litany of “nigerian scams” and it’s just unfortunate.
That’s a shame I hope that they won’t win! Is it true?
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Crap, just when something is done to uplift other countries, this thing comes up.
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We need no conflict, we must all live in peace.
We must not let bad things happen in our life.
Line between rightful protection of intellectual property(and making profit from it) and simply being greedy and selfish just because you happen to be first on something and stop all other from using and benefiting from it gets thinner and thinner all the time it seems.
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I have to say this is a disturbing report.
what can be done?
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Interesting read!
This is a perfect example of misuse of the patent law. This decision can lead to several losses including the economical loss by causing hindrances in development of a country.
haha, anything having to do with nigeria is always interesting. their main export is literally scams.
I have to agree with you. Nigeria is not the only one to offend. Instead there are many from other countries. As US is becoming a happy nation, many other countries are following it.
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Yeah, how did you find out about this? I hope you’ll update us with more information on this subject.
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dude fuck that shit man I’m really sorry about that.
I have to say I dont really care if OLPC makes it or not. they have been doing a super crappy job with the management of donations.
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What kinds of things have they done that weren’t kosher as far as the management of donations are concerned? I’d like to hear more about that…
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Lancor is doing right by filing a lawsuit against Nicholas Negroponte.Nigeriens are not the only people to offend,I think many other countries are doing it.
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It’s alright! It’s hard to post a blog every day when you actually have a life that doesn’t revolve around sitting on the computer!
Hey haven’t heard from you in a while, whats up?
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I think it would be absolutely devastating if LANCOR were to actually win this lawsuit.
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog.
That’s a shame
You always should be carefully when there are news about Nigeria because a lot of bunk news came in the last time from there.
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Yes, always be careful about news when it comes to Nigeria. Nigerian scams are all over the place.
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Fortunately, this is not true. I think the OLPC is a great initiative, however, other big business are trying to kill it, because they want to be the firsts in these developing nations. Shame on you big business!
Hang on a minute guys, and i don’t mean the spammers.
The core of the matter is patent fraud. Now i do not care who the plaintiffs or defendants are or where they come from, but if there has been an infringement, it needs to be addressed.
I own an internet marketing business and would be royally pissed if some company stole my ideas, especially if i have gone to the trouble of getting a patent. Even if it is a do gooder organization, i would still sue as well.
Everyone has rights, Nigerian or not!!!
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This all gets even more confusing when patents are being looked at from not just different company points of view but by different cultural points of view. Nice post - stirred up a lot of comments.
can someone give me an update ?
Ya thats not right hopefully LANCOR will withdraw their lawsuit and have a little pity for the developing countries.
shame on them!
Great post, thanks
Good to know this! I hate them now!
It’s very unfortunate….I m with u..
Hopefully they don’t win!
interesting
Yes it is interesting! lol!
Any updates on whats happened so far?
thanks for link, very useful information!
I’ll tell u this.. What would my grandmother think of it?
Thank you! Full story is interesting.
That is sad. You’ll have to keep us posted on who wins.
I think it is good report. Thanks for sharing this one.
Ya thats not right hopefully LANCOR will withdraw their lawsuit and have a little pity for the developing countries.
I’ll tell u this.. What would my grandmother think of it?
ya it is sad news but interesting.
The OLPC project has been a major let down so far. And now, more so with them choosing XP over the FOSS stuff.
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can someone give me an update too?
Thank you for sharing an informative post.
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nice report……
Thanks for the post. Its interesting but dont worry they will not win.