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Steffi Graf Wins Case Vs. Microsoft

scaramush writes: "The AP is reporting that Steffi Graf has won her lawsuit against Microsoft for hosting nude doctored photos of her. Although Microsoft had removed the images when they appeared in June, MS declined to sign a formal agreement that they would not appear again. This is the second loss for MS in this case. Scary precedent."

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  1. Hmmm, next... by bryan1945 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When do we get to see doctored nude photos of Bill Gates...

    ...never mind

    (shudder)

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  2. So.... confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't know what to think... Microsoft evil... yet... Microsoft right... too much... head pain...

    *POP*

  3. In other news... by X86Daddy · · Score: 2, Funny


    Dazed and confused Slashdot readers everywhere were found siding with Microsoft today...

  4. Of course she won... by tps12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft has a weak backhand.

    Okay, who was the wise guy who posted this under "The Courts"? Ha ha.

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    1. Re:Of course she won... by colmore · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, I think they're plenty backhanded.

      Ask any Sysadmin: the real problem in Microsoft's game is that they're really crappy servers.

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  5. In related news by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bea Arthur is outraged that they put steffi graff's head on her body.

  6. MAKE MONEY FAST by el_nino · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is how you use this precedent to MAKE MONEY FAST from home, AND hurt big bad Microsoft to boot:

    1. Find nudie pics on the internet. If you fail this, kill yourself immediately.
    2. Put pictures of your own head on the naked bodies.
    3. From an internet cafe, create an account with a fake name on Microsoft Germanies photo sharing/whatever site. Upload the pictures to this site.
    4. Sue Microsoft Germany for posting fake nude images of you on the net. Tell them to sign a formal agreement that they will not appear again. If they won't, you get money. If they do sign, post the images again and sue them for breach of contact, and get money.
    5. Repeat until rich.

  7. Re:what do you expect? by Telastyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, it's usually a lack of oxygen to the brain that kills people, usually precipitated by heart failure caused by the gaping wound in their chest from the bullet, fired by a gun, controlled by a man.

    If you want to get pedantic about it of course.

  8. The Chewbacca Defense by npsimons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed jury, Microsoft would certainly want you to believe my client is wrong in suing them, and they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself. But Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk who carried a gun and ran from the mob. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it. That does not make sense. Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor with a bunch of two-foot-tall Ewoks. That does not make sense.

    But more important, you have to ask yourself what does this have to do with this case. Nothing. Ladies and Gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case. It does not make sense. Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a poor, victimized woman and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and Gentlemen I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.

    And so you have to remember when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No. Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed jury it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor you must award my client lots of money.

    I know it seems wrong. But ladies and gentlemen this is Chewbacca. Now think about that for one minute. That does not make sense. Why am I talking about Chewbacca when a woman's dignity is on the line? Why? I'll tell you why. I don't know. It doesn't make sense. If Chewbacca does not make sense you must find in our favor. Here look at the monkey , look at the silly monkey.

    The defense rests.

  9. Re:Point taken by schussat · · Score: 5, Funny
    That loud SLAPPing sound in the background is getting closer.

    You mean that in the lawsuit sense, right? Not the "nude pictures of Steffi Graf" sense?

    -schussat

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  10. Re:The real reason why Microsoft lost... by quantaman · · Score: 3, Funny

    They made a GPL style license for photos :)

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