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SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims
nordi writes "heise.de reports (in German) that SCO Germany has to pay a fine of 10,000 Euros (~10,800 US$) because they kept on saying that Linux contains stolen intellectual property of SCO. In May a German court had decided that SCO Germany must not continue making those claims." Yes, it's auf Deutsch, so break out babelfish.
Actually the point that the Scientologists really don't like is that they are allowed operate in Germany to practice their religion, only as far as the German authorities are concerned, they are treated as a business. They don't like that.
See my journal, I write things there
I would not like to see anyone in an American prison (at least the Texan variety), where basic human rights are systematically neglected. Humiliation, sexual harassment, no private space, no learning, no decent work, extreme overcrowding. How could anyone come out of such a place as a decent reformed member of society?
Being locked away for several months/years is hard enough without being treated like garbage.
Moritz
Except that the appeals court did not overturn *any* of his findings. The only thing that was overturned was his sentence.
But yes, Boies is a lousy attorney. He's your run-of-the-mill ambulance chaser with annoying TV ads, except that he's nationally-known. I submitted a story about how he's about to be barred from practicing in Florida, but it was rejected. As for his performance with Al Gore's recount fiasco, if he'd called for a uniform state-wide recount, that would have happened. And Bush would have still won (read the NY Times and AP investigations afterwards). The call for a selective recount was the fatal flaw there.