Loophole Let me say this that the drillers was reaping huge profits while taking food off the tables of millions of people. Cost of everything went up and technically we had year after year of inflation. I believe my comparison of how the drillers got paid versus the dilemma IDCC faces to get paid. The other board just don't like to hear the truth. I have or should have had every right to compare what the difference in that IDCC has to go through to get paid for their labors. When oil was $150.00 a barrel and your customers was dancing in the street did they feel sorry for the average family that was paying out the nose for gas and seen oil go from below a dollar a quart to $5.00 a quart? I bet you not a one said lets lower the price my friends and neighbors are paying to much for a product I get for free when the cost to extract it was the same as when oil was $10.00 a barrel. The increase on carrying it to the refinery is now lower than when oil was $150.00 a barrel. If the drillers at the time oil was at all time highs did they borrow money then expecting oil to go higher is the same as buying on margin expecting a stock to go higher. You take a risk you better be able to sustain the loss. They didn't invent the oil they just extacted it from what God gave us for free. They also didn't deliver it to the refineries to refine and sell and the drillers try and collect from the retailers. Just like now IDCC allows chipmakers to make product and pay them nothing and IDCC see the chipmakers and the sellers of the ultimate product both make money and IDCC have to sue the seller to get paid. Who do you think would have more leverage on getting paid the chipmaker who would not sell them a chip unless they got paid or IDCC trying to collect from them when they are making money and paying nothing? JMO Mickey