Ask HN: What are some of the worst stories of entrepreneurs getting screwed?

[logicalmoron]

Self-explanatory — curious about stories like Mike Arrington and the CrunchPad, Khalid Shaikh at YouSendIt. Are there others that I'm missing?

[JS_startup]

If you haven't already, read up on the tragedy surrounding Edwin Howard Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Howard_Armstrong)

Edwin invented FM radio which RCA saw as a threat to its AM empire (much like Edison saw Tesla's AC method of power distribution as a threat to DC). Edwin committed suicide after being bankrupted by RCA's legal onslaught. He never got to see FM radio become a success.