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FatWallet To Sue Best Buy Over DMCA Threat

Posted by simoniker on from the court-in-the-act dept.

jkeyes writes "Online deal site FatWallet announced today that they will be suing Best Buy and other companies that sent them DMCA takedown notices. They are seeking a declaration from the court stating that Best Buy and other companies' demands were an abuse of the DMCA, and also violate the 1st Amendment." We covered Best Buy's original DMCA invocation a few days back.

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  1. Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if they've got a good deal on a lawyer?

    1. Re:Hmm... by euxneks · · Score: 0, Funny

      I wonder who the "Best Buy" is for their Lawyer.. Maybe they need a "Fat Wallet".. They might end up being more of a "Target" than if they didn't countersue.. I wouldn't mind being a fly on _that_ "Wal-mart".. =D O-"K-mart".. maybe some of these are stretching.. "Jo-Ann"-a reply and do better?

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  2. Oh boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now when I wear my fatwallet tshit in line at bestbuy at 2am on Friday I might be recieved with less than open arms, and miss out on my $11 Microwave.

    1. Re:Oh boy by 61Dynamic · · Score: 3, Funny

      A "tshit" huh? I gotta get me one of those ;)

  3. My Expert Analysis by xintegerx · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think they like each other. You know how someone likes each other, and starts passing notes back and forth? Secretly liking each other? That is what is going on here.

    They are crying in the back seat of a car, for their mommy to come forward and slap them around a bit. The solution, as it is in all families in these cases, is to make the two hand their stuff back to each other and shut up. If I was the father in this family, I would rename these crybabies: Best Buy wants the name FatWallet and FatWallet would be more appropriately named Best Buy.

    There I fixed everything.

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    1. Re:My Expert Analysis by DarthWiggle · · Score: 2, Funny
      You know how someone likes each other, and starts passing notes back and forth ... They are crying in the back seat of a car, for their mommy to come forward

      I welcome a fellow Southerner to Slashdot.

      Seriously though, mixed metaphor gone all to hell dude... *shudder* That's like Luke/Leia weird.

      Shit. Geekquake.

      On the other hand, yes, if I called my sister FatWallet (or Best Buy, for that matter), she'd probably hit me.

  4. Goatse.cx webmaster to sue for DCMA violations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm surprised he hasn't sued everybody under the sun. The goatse man has been posted and altered everywhere on the Internet now.

    1. Re:Goatse.cx webmaster to sue for DCMA violations by marko123 · · Score: 2, Funny

      He's probably waiting for a pro-boner lawyer and holding out for a large legal opening.

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  5. Going up against the Best Buy legal team???! by Y-Crate · · Score: 5, Funny

    I certainly hope they have a fat wall....er....nevermind.

  6. Mabo by lplatypus · · Score: 1, Funny
    Cultural translation:

    This is a violation of the 1st Amendment!

    -- American

    It's the Constitution, it's Mabo...it's the vibe!

    -- Australian
  7. Re:DMCA covering pricing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dibs on $10.00 all the way to $5,000,000.00!

  8. HOT! BB STOCK B&M only FAR by mandalayx · · Score: 2, Funny

    YMMV on this lawsuit :)

  9. I just had the strangest dream... by t_allardyce · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, millions of 12 year olds have filed a class action suit to fight back against the RIAA for DMCA abuse and first amendment violations. Britney Spears is quoted as saying "Does this mean those idiots wont be buying my stuff?"

    Jack Vigelenti, Chairman of the MPAA has fled the country in fear that he will be next in line for anti-DMCA law suits, however the 82 year old texan may not be safe as his previous rallying for similar DMCA laws accross the world means he might only find refuge in hell.

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  10. Re:No holds barred. by SophtwareSlump · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd love to see the faces on the MPAA law team if FatWallet gets the DMCA overturned because Best Buy threatened to sue over a circular you could find all over the internet. If a law is overturned and declared unconstitutional, do the people who have been sued/jailed under the law get a second look? I assume it would improve their grounds for a counterlawsuit / civil suit, but I know next to nothing about law.

  11. Insurance! by gearheadsmp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Excuse me Mr Fat Wallet, but did you purchase insurance for that item? If your attorney winds up dead, just bring him to the store and we'll replace him with a look-a-like at no charge. Just 25% of the cost of the item - a real value!

    * You must have your reciept, otherwise we will laugh at you

  12. Re:Good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, looky looky, Consumerus Whoria with a Redus Herringae on its encephalus maximus.

  13. MODERATORS ON CRACK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    -1, redundant?

    How the fuck can this be redundant? I don't remember seeing any other Cthulu sex posts recently. Have you?