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The Fall of the UPC - Part VIII: Team UPC Celebrates Death, Not Life

Any dying wish? UPC by next year? Not gonna happen, buddy



Summary: Team UPC plays psychological games now; it is trying to twist or spin its defeat as good news and something to be almost celebrated; it is really as illogical (and pathetic) as that sounds

TEAM UPC is beyond insane. It's clinically insane. It's devoid of sanity and reality. That's the impression one can get by looking at responses to the FCC's decision, which was handed down last Friday.



In this part we wish to tackle one particular pattern we've come across and may come across again in days or weeks to come.

Team UPC didn't take the decision too well and ad hominem tactics are adopted again, as we'll note in future parts. It's not even the first time.

"The UPC itself was a blow to Europe. Team UPC had to lie and cheat a lot to get it as far as it has gotten."Despite much evidence that European businesses do not want the UPC (lawyers have lied on 'their behalf') days ago we saw this is a Big Lie from LexisNexis (in an upcoming 'webinar'): "How the Collapse of the UPC is a damaging blow to Europe"

No. It is not. The UPC itself was a blow to Europe. Team UPC had to lie and cheat a lot to get it as far as it has gotten. Then, judges (or Justices) assessed the evidence of the lying and cheating, whereupon they did the right thing.

LexisNexis may be a bunch of self-serving liars, but as noted in past years "Reed Tech (a LexisNexis company) ... is the government contractor that carries out the printing of US patents."

It's just part of the patent 'printing machine', even literally.

But that's just where the 'fun' begins...

Move over, LexisNexis, Christian Liedtke over at Watchtroll does necrophilia. "Death at a Funeral – or Birth? Why the German Court’s Decision on the UPC May Not be the End" (say what?)

This was the headline.

Wishful thinking again.

"Team UPC spins the death of something it has long lobbied for as a good thing."Christian Liedtke says "the coffin to be far from shut. Instead, the UPC may have been given a second lease on life..."

Oh...

OK.

So when something dies it is actually "given a second lease on life..."

Interesting spin you got there, Mr. Liedtke.

I see.

So when something dies it actually comes to life. What are you, a karma or zombie enthusiast?

Team UPC spins the death of something it has long lobbied for -- at very great and considerable expense -- as a good thing.

If it is, indeed, a "lease on life," then why are you all bemoaning last week's decision?

"So even the negative (to them) is suddenly a positive?"After all... "lease on life," you know?

That's like a mother saying, "good riddance to my dead kid" because "now I'm going to get pregnant again..."

But Mr. Liedtke wasn't alone. Oh no...

Charlotte Kilpatrick has just just published "UPC: defeat could be opportunity for growth" (so now they'll go about flaunting and bragging about how their defeat is actually a Good Thingâ„¢).

"Recent setbacks from the UK and Germany could be a starting point for needed reforms, according to in-house counsel," the summary says.

So even the negative (to them) is suddenly a positive? Make up your minds, will you?

That's like a failing presidential candidate saying, "it is good that I lost because I learned some lessons and next time I can do better..."

Or, "it's good at I failed at the sporting event because it gives me something to strive for."

"Team UPC, please do not bring booze to the funeral. You're obviously too drunk already."This infantile kind of thinking is just so typical of Team UPC.

To quote these delusional ones: "Those who have gone into full mourning over this decision, calling it the death knell of the UPC, may find the coffin to be far from shut. Instead, the UPC may have been given a second lease on life, and those with substantive concerns about the UPC may end up wearing the black ribbon in the long run."

What? No further comment needed. Team UPC, please do not bring booze to the funeral. You're obviously too drunk already.

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