Judicial series
Thank you to the whole community for this incredible support.
My interlocutors indicated that they wanted to seek an amicable solution.
To be continued…
Thank you to the whole community for this incredible support.
My interlocutors indicated that they wanted to seek an amicable solution.
To be continued…
95 thoughts on “ Judicial series »
Hello,
you have my support, if i can help you...
Good luck for the future. Paragliding weather: a top site!! Come back fast and in great shape
a very sad story for someone who worked like crazy...
Courage and above all don't give up
Hello Nicolas,
I have followed your journey and your adventures for all these years, from the beginning, even before Pioupiou, always with great interest and pleasure. I thought at first that you were a utopian, because you have great human values. Congratulations for everything you do, for all these projects, all these fights!
I really hope you come out on top because you really deserve it, but isn't this the fight of the iron pot against the earthen pot?
In any case, even if it's easier said than done, I advise you never to prioritize your professional life over your health and your family...
Good luck to you and see you soon I hope for new adventures!
There is always someone who has a financial interest behind an enthusiast and who ends up wanting to recover everything for his own benefit. If we can help you in any way, in any case you have my full support. Your project is great...
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Good idea, if not the only crowd funding. Why not a spin off with the assets that you recover and that you implement with these means? Naive or realistic? Courage ... you have the resource.
Eric
Good luck! and thank you very much for the work done so far!
As my friends say: hang on because if you get hit on it, it's because what you do has value.
I have immense pleasure in paying my dues to mto para because it's super helpful and there's a good guy behind it.
If this trial does not go well:
1. Recover power
2. restart mtotruc and pioupioutruc and the community will follow you.
Courage!
Courage, your work has helped thousands of paragliders, including me. Fight to the end, your efforts don't deserve to fall into the hands of little assholes.
Hi Nicolas,
I spent some of my best hours in the air thanks to you, your site and your work. And I imagine that I am far from being the only one. Launches crowdfunding to help pay for attorney fees. I'm sure the community will be behind you. And when your opponents see that you have several hundred or even thousands of people ready to support you, they may drop a tone. Keep us posted so we can relay the info on social media.
Full of courage.
Tristan
Ridge Path Editions
You have the whole weather-paragliding community behind you.
Ask for help.
Thank you very much for the precious help that your weather site represents for flyers like me who don't have time to spend hours in front of weather maps and emagrams.
I wish you all the courage you need to fight. Even if the site no longer works for me, I do not want any compensation for my contribution.
I don't know how I can help but if there is something the community can do let me know.
Good luck
Hello Nicolas, get well quickly. I imagine that the disappointment must be immense to see his project in such a situation. I remember very well the beginning of pioupiou, by the news broadcast regularly, I waited and followed your adventure! It was very exciting and I loved your enthusiasm, you'll bounce back I'm sure!
I will continue to support Meteoparapente, even if part of it has to be refinanced.
Hello Nicolas, I have been following your adventures for a while, fascinated by your verve. I think that for us paragliders, community is not an empty word. You have done us a favor with your action, I hope the community will give it back to you. Don't hesitate to ask for our help!
It's a shame what's happening to you! You can really trust no one! Courage and above all take care of your health.
your story isn’t cool…..be brave and don’t give up….but that doesn’t surprise me at all from financiers
wholeheartedly with you
Publicly, how do they manage The Faktory to attack their proteges?
They give themselves an image of business angels but there I see predators.
Given the methods, chances are it's not their first attempt.
Wouldn't it be worth trying for a media exposure?
All my best wishes for recovery first of all; your health is the priority. Heavy user of your site, I had the opportunity to discuss with you during the Icarus Cup and I discovered someone passionate about his projects, without having a "big head".
Question: are the principle/operation of pioupiou and the weather site protected by a patent in your name?
Don't hesitate to ask for our help, we won't let you down :)
Courage, hold on and don't give in :)
You have my full support, take good care of yourself.
Do not hesitate to solicit the flying community.
Your project must be very interesting for these vultures to try to fire you.
Fight !
Can be an exposure in the media (facebook, twiter or others)?
Or start a petition on change.org
Think about your health and the pleasure of following you.
You will win, for sure.
Restore your health,
I was surprised, today it was a friend who told me that meteo paragliding had stopped due to health problems.
For now, the most important thing is to get healthy.
I find the attitude of the other clowns scandalous.
Fight to the end.
I think the paragliding community will be with you, seeing all you have done.
When I go to look at my Pioupiou in my garden, I will think of you.
See you soon.
10000mots
The cow….. I'm sorry for you, your adventure was great, I wouldn't have dared. So congratulations on that. We met in lumbin and you proved to me the pioupiou was indestructible...
I want to say that it's motherfuckers quays I imagine that these are already outdated words, I would say finished idiots, but there too it is obvious, there remains one thing in my native language that is defined exactly these characters: reverendos coimeros hijos de la remil puta. but again this is not enough.
I almost want to say, let's go to Belgium, and eat those raw fries, because face to face I'm sure they piss their pants.
Courage and above all strength and if you want to go over there to hit some fries, I'm going with you….
Alas, this seems to me to be symptomatic of what is happening for many startups: power is taken by those who master the law and money, the others had better hold on…
I agree with what has already been said: there is a community that will largely follow you. Get well soon
I have been following your adventure for several years with bacpluszero, meteoparapente.com and pioupiou with great interest and a certain admiration for the energy and courage you show.
I wish you a quick recovery to continue to show everyone that creativity and passion are extraordinary engines.
Today, even if I don't know all the ins and outs of your disputes with 'The Faktory', it seems to me that the book theft community cannot fail to react.
If you need funding start a crowdfunding.
Also open a support campaign to collect our testimonies.
But first, take care of yourself and regain your health with and with your family.
Ok to help you through crowdfunding. I'm going to subscribe to your blog to follow your case, which I discovered by chance while trying to understand why the site has stopped responding since last night! Get good advice (there are certainly excellent lawyers who use meteoparagliding?) for legal proceedings, but also on the launch of a new parallel company in which we could all become shareholders! It's not just paragliders who are concerned: all flyers (amateur paramotorist in my case), and also simple mountain walkers who look closely at the forecasts before their hike! There will be people to subscribe, but first, you have to find or get advice on the best way to proceed! We will boycott the current site if you have to be removed from it, and we will join you on the new one that we could co-finance!
We need to run this on our networks and get sympathetic lawyers to show up!
Courage, health and family first!
Xavier
What about petitions on change.org?
I'm not a big expert, but it scares the big ones
Totally agree with Xavier, we should be able to give you a hand, start a new company, I'm sure all the flyers will follow you there, they're lost without their meteoparaglider.
Above all, take care of yourself, health and life are so much more important than money.
Don't let go of the Nicolas affair, a sad illustration of a world where the human no longer exists. Météo-Parapente and PiouPiou are two wonderful projects. Ready to help. Courage
Yes!! let's hang up and down!!…blablablabla…all I want is for meteoparapente to restart, shareholder bickering is always more complicated than what appears in a post…no right of reply…get well soon Nicolas
I also agree with what was said above. You will have the moral support of many people. I also agree to help you financially via crowdfounding, money is the sinews of war.
Good luck and good recovery. And thank you for everything, especially for keeping us informed.
I also agree with what was said above. You will have the moral support of many people. I also agree to help you financially via crowdfounding, money is the sinews of war.
Good luck and good recovery. And thank you for everything, especially for keeping us informed.
Too bad for you to come to this, parapente.com has become a must in terms of forecasts, I think that many of us are disappointed to no longer be able to consult the forecasts. If the paragliding community can support you, use it.
In any case, prioritize your health and your family life. Thank you for everything you have done so far.
Hello, words fail me to qualify these $#@&/$#
Instead of saying "rest, you've worked like crazy in recent years, we're managing the time you get back to your health" these #$@&$$ want to put it in deep. Make it public through social networks, I dare to hope that users like me, who are amazed by the quality of paragliding weather forecasts, will mobilize so that you keep your project and that all your work is finally recognized and paid for at its true value. As said in comments if they put so much energy to fire you, it is that you have value.
We must rot this box on social networks and in the media! I think that many of us are aware that the work you have done is of public utility for safety in the air so let's mobilize, save your project, and sink this "business-fucker" box. I do not want to be compensated and I would like to contribute to help you take everything in hand. If there are 10000 of us to collect 100 euros, that's 1 million. What pay a good acocat + mount another box.
Courage, we're not going to let you get fucked like Christopher Columbus!
Forgot to sign: Eric L.
Anyone who reads my name can already suspect that I am not a Frenchman. I am a Flemish paraglider (yes, there are also some)… and therefore I am also Belgian.
I would like to strongly oppose the way the Belgian company The Factory thinks it should play "the game". It's scandalous.
Because the average Belgian is warm, jovial and even generous?!
So once again: here we have to draw the line: it will be meteo-paragliding and Pioupiou with their inspiration Nicolas, or there will be nothing left!
So there is no question that I accept the compensation for being offline with the website, on the contrary: tell me to which account I will immediately transfer 200€ in order to be able to restart with you, Nicolas.
And this is already better expressed in the previous comments than I could: weather-paragliding is indispensable for any paraglider and therefore we must ensure with the community that this unique instrument can return with its creator to its full strength.
Hold on tight and never give up, because we'll be here for you!
(And because I'm afraid you're actually too good for this world, so think a little more about yourself in the future)
Valorous
Ola Mr Weatherparagliding.
As it is written above, it is very complicated to go flying without having been able to consult your work which is in my eyes the most reliable application that I have used in terms of forecasts for our activity!
That's why I'm ready to participate in any action that could get your head out of the water and prolong the existence of the fruits of your labor: petition, participatory kitty, relay on social networks, etc...
THIS IS THE LEAST THING THE O CAN DO!!!
Good luck to you and speedy recovery...
Your site has become a daily reference for me, an essential tool… thanks to the fantastic job you have done and everything you have put into it! Of course we are following you, of course there is no question of compensation for anything, and for sure you will have the support of many people as soon as you ask for it, in the way that will be the more appropriate to help you. Don't give up, you're not alone and the sky will clear up, that's for sure! The idea of an article to relay on social networks is an excellent idea, quick to activate (to be checked with a lawyer to find out how not to put yourself at fault). All my support Nicholas!!!
No question either of any compensation! Keep fighting like you do. Lots of ideas on the comments above. I visit your site every day. The PIOU-PIOU have become essential. You are not alone and you already have good lawyers. Above all, you have your family with a wonderful woman! Courage ! Bob
Good luck, don't give up. But health and family come first.
As said by others there is surely a way to mobilize people on the networks if that can help.
You have the support of gliders who also use your site diligently
I had so much to write that I prefer not to clutter this thread and insert this link to my reactions and ideas:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N41ab3AiU8eZ1_katqgvKvNfXLkMNqTfGAovrCUIzeg/edit?usp=sharing
Yours,
bertou
Good luck Nicholas!
A big thank you for all you can provide to the free flight community.
Take care of yourself and don't give up!
We support you.
I am one of those gliders who also use your site diligently, which I appreciate. I don't understand how these investors can be stupid enough not to understand that by firing you, they're throwing away their investment. Because who will pay a penny to those who would have fired you knowing that it is money that they are stealing from you. Solidarity in our world is not an empty word, at least I hope so.
Do not give up !
Your work is remarkable!
Good luck to you, you will win!
Agree with Robert I wouldn't give a penny if the site is no longer yours. Launches funding via crowdfunding to make a new Paratruc. Your very high quality work has become essential for planning my glider flights. Courage !!!
Hello,
You have the support of the whole paragliding community at least! So don't hesitate to ask for a helping hand if needed.
Good luck.
Thomas V.
Hi, ditto out of the question that I accept any compensation, and if you do a crowdfunding to counter these vultures I am sure.
It is quite normal for a passionate person like you to reap the fruits of these 4 years of work.
Don't bend, the paragliding community fully supports you Nico! And if it takes financial support for you to help us fly again, you can count on me too.
Has anyone asked what the other party thinks, I'll email them.
Good recovery to you.
Like my vdd, I'm up for crowdfunding if needed.
In addition to the disgust that The Factory & co arouses in me, I was dismayed to learn that the FFVL had in the past refused to support you financially. I hope that the situation will change his position.
2ème message :
I just posted a google review for The Factory! As they say in the building, it's going to piss them off!
You also put a google review!
With all my support!
First… Think of you and yours.
Then thank you for what you have done for us.
I sure hope it doesn't end there!!!
As for the financiers, I have never changed my mind...
We must confiscate everything from them… put them in prison, and make them work on projects of general interest! I know, that doesn't advance the schmilblick, but...
Good luck
Don't give up on anything, just make sure that on this ticket there is nothing "qualifiable" defamatory.
And recover. Question piou piou did you file a patent in your name? if so you are covered.
strength and honor
Good luck and try to keep your head up!!!
Good luck Nicolas, The free flight community is behind you. Don't forget it.
Restore your health and… On the attack!!!! 😉 Lolo
I discovered the violence of investors even at the level of a start-up that I thought was confidential because in the free flight niche, even if the product has become essential, you just had to see the disarray of the people at the decorations this weekend of no longer have their favorite tool!
So good luck for the various battles you lead, starting with regaining your health, keep your spirits up and come back quickly!
I have barely contributed but, like many others, I give up without hesitation to recover anything and I sign for crossfunding. No need to be a specialist to understand the amount of work that your project represents.
No mercy in business…but despite the seriousness of your condition you certainly know which side you prefer to be on. Rest on this beautiful rising wave of support. First of all take care of yourself.
Annie
The "Band Patrol" is partnering with me to support you. I agree with what our friends wrote above, and in particular, priority to your health and your family. The "burn-out" is not trivial and you must protect yourself above all...
That said, if there's a fight, we've got your back, and I'm sure the community will pitch in if you need it.
Keep confidence
Regards
Nicolas
with you man!
and all my friends too!
Courage,
I don't know how many contributors you have. (PM)
But maybe it is possible? to launch a support contribution (ULULE?) to accompany you in your legal defense project.
Anyway, I don't really know how to help you, but I think I'm not the only one.
I forgot, it's not just paragliders who are satisfied with the MP app. I am glider (plain) and we are nbx to appreciate!
Hello Nicolas,
I have just read a good part of the comments left by numbers of paragliders.
As many of them say, it is with pleasure and enthusiasm that I made my contribution to the good health of your site.
I did it as much for the almost daily use that I have of meteo-paragliding as because you seem to be a "good person"!
Money being unfortunately the sinews of war, you will need it to win the one that opposes you to these capitalist sharks!
I'm ready to put my hand in the wallet if you need it. Don't hesitate to ask for help!
The Universe loves people like you, it won't let you down!
full speed ! It will do… PPO
Hello Nicolas,
I went directly to call Pioupiou why they had turned off MP.
They told me nothing to do with MP and that it was you who took care of it only.
Then, it seems that you got rid of Pioupiou by sending them all to shit, I understand why they are angry with you!!
Get back to us quickly PM, we need it!
Courage Prof!!
I think there is a slight difference between "blocking" and having a burn-out with an official work stoppage.
We are here in a showdown between the company that wants to fire the founder and the founder who is in a weak position on the health side.
A classic, except that usually we have shareholders who want money and customers who don't want to know anything.
There I think Nicolas can fight and count on the community to raise funds to help him.
and yes, meteo-paragliding has no connection with pioupiou other than the dad, they are two different entities.
I would like to have the opinion of Eric Sotty on the other hand.
I agree with everything said above. Good luck, recovery and thank you for everything
Hi, I'm reposting here what I put on lcdv:
An idea (perhaps stupid) to send a message to faktory and other vultures from the paraglider community: massively sign a petition whose content would generally be the following
We support Nicolas Baldeck in the fight against faktory.
If by chance piou-piou and/or meteo-paragliding were to continue their activity when Nicolas Baldeck had landed, we undertake not to put a cent in their products/services (including in the event of a change of name/appellation commercial/legal entity), and to dissuade any organization (club/school, etc.) to which we belong from doing so.
The message being: if you succeeded in your heist, you would inherit an empty shell since no paraglider would buy your products.
Of course, in the event of fundraising to pay for Nicolas' legal assistance, I would be a participant.
Hello Olivier,
your suggestion may be a good idea… but in any case, nothing should be done without the validation of the main person concerned: Nicolas
At the risk of doing him a disservice rather than helping him...
cordially
Gilles
I'm not a paraglider, but I discovered Pioupiou quite a few years ago and I quickly bought into the concept, buying 2 of them among others.
I am naturally ready to support (both morally and financially) Nicolas in the trials to come.
If I can also be of any help in restoring MP to working order, Nicolas, you can contact me (see proto Pioupiou v2 tested at the beginning of last winter in the mountains of Savoie)
Courage to you Nicolas, preserve your health, your family needs you and so do our paragliders! I think you can count on the free flight anonymous community to help you because you're a good guy, you just have to ask for it!
You have our full support Nico!
good luck and good recovery Nicolas. hot air balloon pilots are also addicted to Pioupiou and fervent users of meteo-paragliding… we miss it right now! you have our full support!
All our support Nicolas. FYI, I don't know if it's Google or the Faktory, but the bad Google comments have been deleted, there was a reset of the counters tonight, that's really too easy. Grrrrrrr
In any case keep us informed of the continuation, if it is necessary to boycott the community will stick together.
Seb
Hello Nicolas,
You always knew how to communicate your enthusiasm and your beating spirit. I imagine that what you are going through must not be the easiest ordeal and it is certainly not pleasant to defend your work against vultures.
I have been following your adventures since the first steps of Pioupiou, and I too am ready to support you to allow you to continue living your adventure which, through your talent, has also become our adventure for all.
If it can be useful, I also have technical skills in administration and development of websites and other servers, which are at your service.
pioupiou146
Arrgh! Enthusiasts are always "b…." by opportunists, your colossal work is now a benchmark and should offer you a guaranteed return on investment, so count on the steering wheel community to contribute and help you bounce back, boost your sail and (re)take off! Go I send you all my energy and enthusiasm!
Courage, I hope with all my heart that you will win your case, that the fruit of your labor will not fall into the hands of these filthy vultures.
Thank you for all you do for free flight.
Do not give up.
tell us what to do to help you and we will do it. all my support against his brigands. tchuuusss
Hello Nicolas, the work you have done so far is enormous, we can see it today on the web, without PM there really isn't much, the proof is that it's great what you've done , seen from my window the priority is you, your little family because you need to be well to continue the adventure, congratulations again. member I support you and share the opinions already issued, the sharks are not all endangered, the proof they try to jump into the boat, but they must not forget either that often it is the customers who decide and there the customers are us, ready to support you. Recover quickly to do even stronger!…
Hi Nicolas,
I will join the other messages of support to tell you that, despite what you are currently going through, your work and your ideas are greatly appreciated by all around you. You brought something great that didn't exist and certainly won't exist without you.
Try opening crowdfunding to help you with legal expenses. I don't know if it will take on the other hand I know that I will participate if you call on us. If it can take a weight off you and allow you to straighten your head so that your family life does not suffer too much and not lose the price of your work, I am for it!
Sincerely.
Jeremiah
Hello Nicolas,
I hope this wave of support will help you win the battle, just for the principle of not being robbed by these kind of bandits.
Courage and let us know if you open a crowdfunding!
Winding,
Yann
Courage!… What else can I say… "Météo Parapente" has been with us for years… Something is not working in the start-up mechanism… All this seems to me deeply unfair, that said, given your tenacity, your entrepreneurial spirit and your skills, you will undoubtedly come out of this ordeal also positive... I subscribe to Yann's message, if we can help you financially (without your "investors" getting their hands on it...) do sign us.
yves.
Be strong Nico.
The whole community you've built with great ideas and total commitment is with you.
If you need financial support, I would be, as many others have told you, very proud to help you.
Too good, too dumb. As we say back home. Courage my friend.
To be continued ! Yes good !
We're here, so if you need you just wave!
WoW! What a commotion! General commotion around this case.
I who watch the "Piou-Piou" attentively long before its birth, I am amazed to see the love that exists between this innovative technology and the faithful users of the system.
It is clear that The Factory is not in the process of building a rewarding publicity. In terms of brand image, they weighed themselves down body and soul 😉
Being the Modo of the Paragliding Group on Facebook, I clearly see a general outrage, and that's only fair.
Good luck, and know that 100% of the community is with you, supports you and is ready to help out. It is totally obvious.
piaffe
Hello Nicolas,
we are all lost without weather-paragliding. Your site is super well done, the forecasts are really good, all the information is there on a single page, super easy to understand. For my part, it is out of the question that you reimburse my dues. If necessary, I would even be happy to participate in a "crowd funding" if it can allow you to start on a better basis.
Get well and I hope this story has a happy ending.
Francois de Chatenois
I completely agree with Francois. Without weather-paragliding many gliders will be idle. I too am ready to put my hand in my pocket if necessary. I can also broadcast the message you want to many glider pilots, to the FFVV, to clubs, etc... I remain at your disposal. Paul LAZARO
Good luck Nicolas I followed your journey from the beginning it must be frustrating
courage for the future, you see that you are supported and it's not for nothing, your site is top and piou piou we don't even talk about it!
nicolas none of your known numbers/emails work; Please contact me, I have news for you.
GO NICOLAS
Finally what happened?
I have just learned that Pioupiou, does not belong to you anymore, it is the team, from the Factory which now has Pioupiou beacons?
Did they win with their lawyers?
Anyway, too bad.