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RIAA claims Limewire owes it $72 trillion—that's "trillion" with a "T" | Music | Newswire | The A.V. Club

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:03:18 +0000

According to documents recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the RIAA was asking for damages of about $72 trillion dollars, a figure that the judge in the case said is "absurd." Judge Kimba Wood wrote in a recent decision that, "An award based on the RIAA calculations would amount to 'more money than the entire music industry has made since Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877.'"

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RIAA claims Limewire owes it $72 trillion—that's "trillion" with a "T" | Music | Newswire | The A.V. Club

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:03:18 +0000

Tags: #assholes #copyfight #copyright #limewire #music #riaa #to:fb

Yahoo Ups Its Battle with Facebook…and Picks One with the Open Source Movement | PandoDaily

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:31:55 +0000

The message from Yahoo: We own the Web and everything powering it.

Tags: #assholes #imported:pinboard #opensource #to:fb #webdev #yahoo

Yahoo Ups Its Battle with Facebook…and Picks One with the Open Source Movement | PandoDaily

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:31:55 +0000

The message from Yahoo: We own the Web and everything powering it.

Tags: #assholes #opensource #to:fb #webdev #yahoo

This $10 Tip Is Not The Best Way To Show Your Gratitude To Your Server - The Consumerist

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:23:54 +0000

"I have never been more of an atheist," writes the waiter, who will likely do horrible things to that diner's food if they ever dared to return.

Tags: #assholes #religion #tips #to:tumblr

RIAA lawyer says DMCA may need overhaul | Media Maverick - CNET News

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:31:16 +0000

"I think Congress got it right, but I think the courts are getting it wrong," Pariser said during a panel discussion at the NY Entertainment & Technology Law Conference. "I think the courts are interpreting Congress' statute in a manner that is entirely too restrictive of content owners' rights and too open to [Internet] service providers. "We might need to go to Congress at some point for a fix," Pariser added. "Not because the statute was badly drafted but because the interpretation has been so hamstrung by court decisions."

Tags: #assholes #copyfight #dmca #politics #riaa

Breast cancer survivor forced into invasive patdown by TSA, even after submitting to backscatter imaging scan

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:34:13 +0000

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DICK THE COWARD - The Washington Monthly

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:06:34 +0000

"Democrats, at the time, didn't launch an assault against the Bush administration, and we didn't see Al Gore condemning the White House. It simply didn't occur to Democrats in 2001 to use the attempted mass murder of hundreds of Americans to undermine the presidency. Eight years later, Dick Cheney believes his principal responsibility is to destroy President Obama -- the man Americans chose to clean up the messes Cheney left as a parting gift after eight years of abject failure. "

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Pez Suing Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:50:45 +0000

"Pez Candy Inc. is suing the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia over copyright infringement. The suit, filed last week, claims that the museum deceives the public into believing they are operating under the authority of Pez and asks that the museum’s 7 foot tall replica of Pez dispenser be destroyed. The lawsuit also takes issue with the museum’s sales of toy truck Pez dispensers which had been modified with Obama and McCain logos during last years elections. The museum has been opened since 1995 and is said to be the only place in the world were you can see every Pez dispenser ever made."

Tags: #assholes #burlingame #california #copyright #lawsuits #museums #pez

ASCII by Jason Scott: The Pain of the Field Major

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:11:13 +0000

"I spend a lot of my time doing what might be called generous work for many folks online, but experiences like this make me consider how few of my audience I might actually like in extended conversation, how little they would have to offer me as associates, how better off I am that I haven't met them. Given the choice, I would make no effort to hold the elevator door open for them, or stop the subway car from closing up and moving on, leaving them in the rain."

Tags: #assholes #gamers #gaming #halo3

President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war - Times Online

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:07:15 +0000

"President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Ir

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Kitty Asshole Stickers, Bumper Stickers - Sticker Giant

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:47:40 +0000

"Black and white sticker has an angry-looking kitty providing a visual to go along with his insult."

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The Asshole Physics Manifesto

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:59:23 +0000

"We want people to be assholes, not in real life, but in video games. Asshole Physics has the ability to change the world, allow people to take out their assholish tendencies in a controlled environment, and make going to grocery stores, banks, and dogfig

Tags: #assholes #gaming #goons #physics