Adam Carolla is being sued by Personal Audio, LLC for patent infringement. Personal Audio makes no products. They buy up patents, and try to make companies pay them fees for doing business. Adam has vowed to fight them in court, and has already spent over a $100,000.00 trying to get the venue moved to an area to get a fair trial. He is looking at 1-1.5 million in legal fees to take the case to court. If Adam looses it could be the end of podcasting. If they beat Adam, the trolls will work they way through all podcasts extracting whatever they can from each and every one until owners pull the shows to save them from paying high licensing fees. Adam has set up a defense fund at fund anything to to get donations to fight the patent trolls.
Please check out the video and link below and if you like any podcast, and have the ability, please give to the cause. Patent laws were originally written to help the little guy who built the better mouse trap to keep from getting ripped off by big corporations. They were never intended for a group of lawyers to buy up and use to basically extort money from hard working business people. Help Adam send a message that the podcast community is united and ready to stand up for what is right.
https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll
