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Except, he paid people for, and promoted the upload of copywrited works. He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating. Some people

Except, he paid people for, and promoted the upload of copywrited works. He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating. Some people love him, but he will see his day in court apparently, but no one wants to even deal with him because he's gone crazy.

hinkley 2y ago
We had a friend who threw amazing parties because he had this sort of transgressive sense of humor. He got rich, retired young, and I fully believe that the professional peer pressure was the main thing keeping his screws tight because he just fell apart over three years. At one point he was telling my spouse he was trying to make himself crazy. Congratulations bud, you already are. Sane people don’t do that. Predatory people took advantage of his behavior and generosity, and by thirty he was involuntarily committed, his mother given power of attorney. My spouse was the person feeding his mom the information she needed to see to intervene. All he had left was the equity in his condo and $50k. I’m not sure I believed the deranged millionaire trope until I met this guy. And I watch my younger friends and acquaintances for signs of mania that masquerade as out of box or transgressive thinking.
- gautamcgoel 2y ago
  How did your friend get rich, and how did people take advantage of him?
  - hinkley 2y ago
    Massive mooches, and a “situationship” with a woman who wasn’t quite his girlfriend. Microsoft millionaire.
petre 2y ago
Sure, pirating means comandeering of a ship, not distribtion of copyrighted works. He probably has a plan in a nearby Pacific jurisdiction like Vanuatu. Best of luck!
- LastTrain 2y ago
  The language we humans use in casual conversation is a lot more fluid than that, you need to be able to deal with it.
  - meiraleal 2y ago
    Not when the language is used to accuse someone of a crime. He is no pirate, obviously. > He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating
    - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
      Nor is piracy, in the literal sense, the crime he is accused of. So I'm not sure what you're up in arms about.
- popcalc 2y ago
  >https://www.tatler.com/article/inigo-philbrick-art-dealer-arrested-vanuatu-south-pacific-art-fraud https://www.tatler.com/article/inigo-philbrick-art-dealer-ar... Vanuatu is a no-go.
mysecretaccount 2y ago
Source for "he's gone crazy"? Curious about the degree of crazy, since he seemed pretty out there from the start.
- sva_ 2y ago
  Looking at his Twitter, he peddles a bunch of conspiracy theories.

hinkley 2y ago

We had a friend who threw amazing parties because he had this sort of transgressive sense of humor. He got rich, retired young, and I fully believe that the professional peer pressure was the main thing keeping his screws tight because he just fell apart over three years. At one point he was telling my spouse he was trying to make himself crazy. Congratulations bud, you already are. Sane people don’t do that. Predatory people took advantage of his behavior and generosity, and by thirty he was involuntarily committed, his mother given power of attorney. My spouse was the person feeding his mom the information she needed to see to intervene. All he had left was the equity in his condo and $50k. I’m not sure I believed the deranged millionaire trope until I met this guy. And I watch my younger friends and acquaintances for signs of mania that masquerade as out of box or transgressive thinking.

gautamcgoel 2y ago
How did your friend get rich, and how did people take advantage of him?
- hinkley 2y ago
  Massive mooches, and a “situationship” with a woman who wasn’t quite his girlfriend. Microsoft millionaire.

petre 2y ago

Sure, pirating means comandeering of a ship, not distribtion of copyrighted works. He probably has a plan in a nearby Pacific jurisdiction like Vanuatu. Best of luck!

LastTrain 2y ago
The language we humans use in casual conversation is a lot more fluid than that, you need to be able to deal with it.
- meiraleal 2y ago
  Not when the language is used to accuse someone of a crime. He is no pirate, obviously. > He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating
  - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
    Nor is piracy, in the literal sense, the crime he is accused of. So I'm not sure what you're up in arms about.
popcalc 2y ago
>https://www.tatler.com/article/inigo-philbrick-art-dealer-arrested-vanuatu-south-pacific-art-fraud https://www.tatler.com/article/inigo-philbrick-art-dealer-ar... Vanuatu is a no-go.

mysecretaccount 2y ago

Source for "he's gone crazy"? Curious about the degree of crazy, since he seemed pretty out there from the start.

sva_ 2y ago
Looking at his Twitter, he peddles a bunch of conspiracy theories.