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   Bill W (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 7:47pm

   
   

   Nice

   I love a good smackdown administered to slimeballs!

    

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   BearGriz72 (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 7:53pm

   
   

   Wow...

   Short sweet and to the point.
   
   NO

    

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   G Thompson (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 8:26pm

   
   

   Why do I now have this uncontrolled urge to snicker laugh and guffaw like Mutley?
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSTOHa4Im4
   
   Oh that's right because they deserve it ;)

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 8:38pm

   
   

   Pirate court is being a pirate right now and they are stealing from those in the high seas. and Pirate Mike supports them too. but don't worry, the government will crack down on this intellectual robbery and stop this insane theft that's happening in the wild wild west of wild piracy land. and a higher court will show them that they can't break the law and that this is wrong. Politicians are not going to let the pirates get away with this for long either, they will stop this massive criminal behavior that the entire population seems to think is OK. They will let the entire disagreeing population know that this is not OK through more legislation and greater punishments and that will make everyone stop thinking piracy is OK.

    

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   Overcast (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 8:38pm

   
   

   Haven't made enough profit off abuse of the justice system to pay the justice system, huh?

    

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   Markus Hopkins (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 8:44pm

   
   

   Super Genius

   Guys, guys, come on now... I think Righthaven deserves to be cut a little slack here. After all, they actually believed that their scheme to be assigned only the right to sue (despite laws to the contrary) would work. Now, either they are so dumb they deserve our pity, or they are so forward thinking and creative that we should hail them as visionaries. They're probably only a few years ahead of their time, come to think of it. Their actions were so prescient that in a few years when TPP allows such behavior generally, Righthaven should make sure to sue anyone else that follows their lead for copyright infringement!

    

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   gyffes, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 8:49pm

   
   

   Dear AC...

   * SLAP *

    

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   Markus Hopkins (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 9:07pm

   
   

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   Thank you, Ozymandius.

    

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   TheBigH (profile), Oct 19th, 2011 @ 9:19pm

   
   

   Righthaven's entire business model consisted of trying to extract money from people with threats and dubious legal posturing. Now they're the ones having to pay and pay.
   
   I don't believe that there's a supernatural force that sees to it that people get exactly what they deserve, which makes it all the more satisfying when it actually happens.
   
   Suck it, Righthaven!

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 9:53pm

    
    

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    and I also forgot to mention, they will also use tax funded indoctrination ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H educational campaigns to teach the entire disagreeing population that piracy is not OK and you will all stop thinking that piracy is OK.

     

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    Jason, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 10:31pm

    
    

    court teaching

    if Righthaven goes bankrupt. They could lose there Xerox copy machine and the cookie cutter lawsuit template. What will the filthy rich owners do?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 10:40pm

    
    

    Re: court teaching

    I hope they got a patent on all of that so that the public can benefit from increased knowledge in the innovative field of frivolous lawsuits.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 11:07pm

    
    

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    Ha ha ha ha ha ha thanks I needed that laugh.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 11:07pm

    
    

    And are we really meant to believe that a group that was as devious and slime ball to come up with Righthaven in the first place has not also anticipated that one day it would all end like this.
    
    How much money have they spirited away, that will never be returned to those they scammed, knowing this would happen? Unless the law pursues them as individuals they will get away with it.

     

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    Mark Parity, Oct 19th, 2011 @ 11:44pm

    
    

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    Yes you're absolutely *puff* *puff* right. Pirate court *puff* *puff* stealing *puff* *puff*.
    
    Now you can put down the bong. The court has ruled. AGAIN. Piracy is not a legal word. There is no "Pirate court". The only pirate is you pirating English words to attempt to make sense of Righthaven folly.
    
    Begone butt pirate.
    
    E

     

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    The eejit (profile), Oct 20th, 2011 @ 1:31am

    
    

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    What is piracy? Is it naked culture theft by government monopolies? Or is it downloading a film? Or is it theft on the high seas.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 2:29am

    
    

    Righthaven could help content industry by someone producing a comedy film of these endevours. T_T joy

     

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    Spaceboy (profile), Oct 20th, 2011 @ 3:31am

    
    

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    All I have to say is - ARRRGGGHHH

     

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    Michael, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 3:38am

    
    

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    If the entire population thinks its ok, you cannot call it a just law.

     

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    The eejit (profile), Oct 20th, 2011 @ 5:23am

    
    

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    That's not exactly the best argument against it: for example, for centuries, many people thought that the pest punishment for adultery was death by stoning.

     

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    abc gum, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 5:27am

    
    

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    +5 points for nailing multiple talking points.
    -1 point for not using the word of the month, Broad Brush.
    -1 point for not using past words of the month.
    
    overall score = +3.

     

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    Berenerd (profile), Oct 20th, 2011 @ 5:45am

    
    

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    And before that adultery was perfectly ok...

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 6:16am

    
    

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    Wha???

     

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    jameskatt (profile), Oct 20th, 2011 @ 6:58am

    
    

    Sanctions and Contempt of Court

    Go ahead, Righthaven.
    
    Please continue to stall until the court charges you with contempt of court and sanctions.
    
    The fact that Righthaven is complaining about a $37,000 fee implies that they collected very little from their threats.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 7:08am

    
    

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    I may have used the whole "It must be friday" argument that TAM used to keep on bringing up, but it wasn't friday.

     

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    hothmonster, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 8:03am

    
    

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    that never stopped him

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 9:50am

    
    

    Re: Super Genius

    I guess they're the Betamax of the copyright troll industry...

     

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    Slicerwizard, Oct 20th, 2011 @ 9:54am

    
    

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    "Now you can put down the bong. The court has ruled. AGAIN. Piracy is not a legal word. There is no "Pirate court". The only pirate is you pirating English words to attempt to make sense of Righthaven folly.
    
    Begone butt pirate."
    
    Clearly, Mark Parity needs new batteries for his sarcasm detector.

     

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