Suing Fax.com For $500 Billion
from the making-a-point dept
Apparently, it’s not a smart idea to piss off Steve Kirsch (who I’ve made fun of in the past). Following closely on the heals of the FCCs decision to fine Fax.com $5.38 million for violating fax laws, Kirsch is suing the company for $500 billion (yes, with a b). He is sick of hearing his fax machine receiving unsolicited faxes at 3am. He’s trying to turn this into a class action suit, and says he may go after spammers next. His quote: “I have the resources, time and money.” Okay, Steve, I’m on your side on this one.
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Interestingly Bob Egelko of the Chronicle doesn’t seem to understand the difference between a billion and a trillion, and now it’s been picked up by Reuters that fax.com is being sued for $1.5 trillion. The total spending of the US Federal government last year was $2 trillion.
Last time I checked 500 * 3,000,000 = 1.5 billion, not trillion.
SFgate article
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Re: Umm check your math
Last time I checked $500 * 365 (days) * 4 (years) * 3,000,000 = $2.19 trillion