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Creative Labs se dispara en el pie

Creative Labs ha sabido ganarse una reputación a través del tiempo con sus tarjetas de sonido, tienen el dominio casi exclusivo en el mundo de los gamers que es quizás la parte mas importante de su negocio. Yo siempre los tenía en alta estima, hasta que me enteré de que han amenazado a Daniel_K.

Quién es Daniel_K ? pues nada menos que un desarrollador independiente que logró lo que ni los mismos ingenieros de Creative Labs pudieron: hacer funcionar correctamente los drivers para sus tarjetas de video en Windows Vista. El problema es según los señores de Creative que el buen Daniel_K esta recibiendo donaciones (claro seguro ha ganado una millonada) por SU trabajo, esto a ellos no les gusta porque dicen que esta lucrando con su Propiedad Intelectual, aquí el mensaje en los foros de Creative:

Daniel_K:

We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards. In principle we don’t have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative. Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended. We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services. The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing. By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods. When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own. If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make.

Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you. We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages. To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP. In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules. If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting.

Phil O’Shaughnessy
VP Corporate Communications
Creative Labs Inc.

Es realmente increíble lo que esta haciendo Creative, en vez de darle un trabajo a este hombre que les esta haciendo un ENORME FAVOR lo que hacen es amenazarle con enjuiciarlo, es absolutamente ridículo!

Yo espero que se rectifiquen en el corto plazo sino, pues nunca más pienso comprar un producto de Creative Labs, demás esta decir que mucha gente ha protestado y en el mismo foro del mensaje expresan su solidaridad y apoyo a Daniel_K.

Fuente: Message to Daniel_K

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