Such raids don't always have anything to do with the wording of the law.
Swat teams raided and shut down both Gibson guitar factories. They
confiscated rosewood and guitar necks. It cost Gibson millions. No charges
were ever pressed. Competitors using the same wood had no action taken.
Gibson supports conservative political candidates. I believe Fluke when the=
y
said they had no idea.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/26/does-that-gibson-guitar-raid-make-mor=
e
-sense-now/

Allen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
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> Martin Klingensmith
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:15 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] IP...
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> On 3/21/2014 3:03 AM, RussellMc wrote:
> > "Fluke Multimeters.
> > Super special event.
> > This is THE VERY LAST TIME we will sell Fluke ever again.
> > If you want a Fluke meter from us, get yours now ..."
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> Sparkfun is donating the meters, which is a significant charitable tax
> deduction for them. There's no way their customers would be happy about
> Sparkfun getting "free" Fluke meters and selling them off for the retail
> price of a Fluke.
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> Sparkfun got a boat load of free marketing and customer sympathy out of
> this deal. That's probably good enough for them.
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> -
> Martin K
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