Pretty sad situation. Unless he's getting at least double what he deserves for this design, he's not getting his money back at all, just getting paid for this new work and still getting nothing for the design they stole in the first place. Still, I can understand thinking he's got to get something out of them, it just sucks that the only way to do that is to offer something in return. Pretty crappy when an artist like Mr. Ralph can't simply demand his due.
As for Smith and Wesson and Saf-T-Hammer, watch for something strange in this case. That deal doesn't smell right. A few days after the deal was concluded the president of Saf-T-Hammer was still saying that they were reading the agreement to see what was in it, but whatever it was, they would follow it.
What? Who makes a multi-million dollar purchase without checking into the biggest liability the company has?
I'm not a finance expert but it sounds like someone who doesn't care because he knows he's not really the one purchasing the company. He's somebody's public face and they're the ones who will have to deal with the agreement and the monstrous debt at S&W.
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"It is not criminals who enter schools and shoot children . . ."
--Ann Pearston, British gun control apologist and Moron
