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by smitherfield 12y ago
I'm still amazed that this incredibly ghoulish display survived the fall of Communism all the way to this day.
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by smitherfield 12y ago
Not unsolicited; it was a package he ordered and the police intercepted.
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by smitherfield 12y ago
It's hard to think of an easier decision. Get $100,000 for a couple months before you go to federal prison for 30 years, or hire a publicist and get featured on every tech blog in existence as "the guy who found the PayPal comple
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by smitherfield 12y ago
If HBO is not making a good-faith effort to secure for George R.R. Martin all the royalties that he is entitled to (which deliberately leaking GoT to torrent sites certainly would not be), then there isn't a court in the world that wou
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by smitherfield 12y ago
To elaborate, intellectual property law is essentially "use it or lose it" - a company that does not defend its IP against unauthorized use is likely to have it invalidated. One that actively promotes unauthorized use is almost
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by smitherfield 12y ago
HBO most certainly did not leak it themselves; they could have their copyright on the material invalidated for that.
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by smitherfield 12y ago
I'd agree with this; if it's something along the lines of "executives were embezzling from the company," I'd consider it a sign of integrity. If it's "Uber isn't complying with taxi regulations!&quot
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by smitherfield 12y ago
Also an iPhone killer: the Wired website, or at least that article.
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by smitherfield 12y ago
Pretty sure the FTC would not approve that merger, since it would give Apple a monopoly on mobile device operating systems, and arguably "tech" in general.
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by smitherfield 12y ago
In a bankruptcy all claims by creditors must be satisfied prior to any reimbursement to shareholders. Given that companies generally go bankrupt because their liabilities to creditors exceed their assets, this almost always means that all