> Oracle sent Rimini a cease and desist letter demanding that it stop using automated scripts, but Oracle didn’t rescind Rimini’s authorization to access the files outright. Rimini still had authorization from Oracle to access the files, but Oracle wanted them to access them manually—which would have seriously slowed down Rimini’s ability to service customers.
So if Oracle had told Rimini outright that they were not allowed to access the files at all, Oracle might have prevailed?
> So if Oracle had told Rimini outright that they were not allowed to access the files at all, Oracle might have prevailed?
Rimini was a maintenance vendor acting on behalf of paid Oracle licensees with paid-for rights to access the files (which apparently are legally exercisable through a third-party vendor), and a vendor of maintenance services that competed with Oracle's first-party maintenance services, so doing so could be legally problematic.
So if Oracle had told Rimini outright that they were not allowed to access the files at all, Oracle might have prevailed?