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This case will go on until Redbox goes bankrupt, settles, or is bought by Disney. Lords, even IBM vs SCO is still going strong. Huge cases like this just never
by nikanj 9y ago
This case will go on until Redbox goes bankrupt, settles, or is bought by Disney.
Lords, even IBM vs SCO is still going strong. Huge cases like this just never really end, a curious feature of the US legal system.
- adrianN 9y agoIt's only a failure if you're not a lawyer.
- josteink 9y agoThe legal system was designed by lawyers. Obviously it works for them.
- falcolas 9y agoI see it as going in the opposite direction. Laws created lawyers, much like processor op codes created computer programmers. It's a specialization that not many people are in, yet which is in high demand.
- _d8fd 9y agoIf there's one lawyer in town, they drive a Chevrolet. If there are two lawyers in town, they both drive Cadillacs.
- loceng 9y agoMy mind instantly jumped to comparing to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets structured to be incentivized like Ponzi-Pyramid schemes.
- antiterra 9y agoRedbox is owned by a private equity fund that bought it and Coinstar for 1.6 billion USD. I doubt Disney would want to pay whatever they were asking.
- zouhair 9y agoThe US legal system is completely broken. You are rich, you'll win even if you lose.