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by vsl2 5348 days ago
The shame of it all is that the Righthaven lawyers will probably find a way to avoid all personal financial liability (being protected by limited liability of the LLC) and then set up shop again under a different LLC entity to do it all over again.

The underlying problem is a system that doesn't punish this type of behavior strongly enough. I'd endorse serious jail time (in ghetto "don't drop the soap in the shower" type jails) for these types of offenses in order to disincentivize this harmful parasitic behavior.
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SamReidHughes 5348 days ago
Right, you should get prison-raped for filing a copyright suit. Amen, brother.
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vsl2 5348 days ago
Right, because you shouldn't strongly disincentivize behavior that tries to extort people by abusing the legal system and curtailing information freedom. While we're at it, let's stop looking at anything that stinks of a pattern of immoral business practices (that ruin thousands or millions of lives). Only lock up the small-time thieves and fighters (the old-fashioned criminals). Amen to you brother.
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