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Katie Jones Interviewed
scubacuda writes "Greplaw has interviewed Katie Jones (of the real Katie.com). In addition to the details of the dispute regarding Penguin's 'branding' of the book Katie.com (which many /.ers 'reviewed'), she shares the details of her conversation with cyberlawyer Parry Aftab, how she believes Penguin's title change suggests that it thought it could steamroll her without recourse, and the tremendous amount of support the geek community has shown her." Ms. Aftab has several blogs. Ms. Aftab, if you contact us with a response to these allegations, Slashdot will publish your response (we've also written to your email address). Another reader notes: "Yesterday /. ran an article about the book Katie.com. Out of curiosity I just visited the Amazon.com website to see how many more reviews were on the website. Yesterday when I first checked there were over 300 reviews, most of them negative and the book scored only 2 stars total. Today, the book has 81 reviews with an average rating of 3 1/2 stars."
I think Mike Rowe and Katie should get together.
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Are you a Chipotle Fan?
Do they have a patent on censoring the truth now?
What exactly is a Cyberlawyer anyway?
Is that some kind of half-human, half-robot lawyer?
This Like That - fun with words!
... found the journalist's book on Amazon (a cookbook I believe) ... just end up leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth
Was the cookbook that bad?
You underestimate the abilities of your fellow /.ers. Few hours, indeed..
Phil
for her intended purposes, then by all means she should do as one slashdotter suggested in the previous thread about this, that is, post shock photos of goatse for example, although tubgirl might be more appropriate in this instance, should the book's success really take off.
If Penguin was to sue the real katie, and win, then it would set a precedent that all you need to take over a domain name is write a book entitled with the particular domain name.
Shit, I hope it happens because I already started work on my new novel, slashdot.org. Its novel filled with greed, power, lust, set in the computer hacker underground.
Well obviously, Katie Jones didn't pay for the insurance.
"That's a real nice URL, Ms. Jones. Would be a shame if something happened to it."
I like that Katie J says, "I have not accepted money" that was offered to her by fellow geeks. Just wait until she receives a bill for the slashdotting.
riding round the world on an old motorcycle
Somebody with some money needs to write a book about a teenage debutaunt who decides that it'd be fun to be a prostitute for spending money. And how she whores herself out to a bunch of rich child molesting good old boys. And then title it katiet.com.
Her theft insurance must work like Mafia fire insurance: You pay us and nothing will happen to identity. Don't pay us and "things will get worse than they are now."
Maybe Katie Jones should redirect traffic to some raunchy porn sites ;-)}
As opposed to those non-raunchy porn sites?
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
I dont know, I know it is a tenn book, but some of the reviews on that site, they were pretty bizzare. My personal favorite:
"Thanks, September 18, 2002
Reviewer: "karen588" (Grand Rapids, michgian) - See all my reviews
Hi my name is karen and I am forteen years old, i like this book very very muchl, my freinds at school told me abowt this book and it taugt me how to rite into a chatroom on the interent and how to meet older man cuz all the boys in my school are boring and thye dont know how to treet a girl good. now I rite on a chatroom every day and i have meet many intresting and good looking men. and all because this book showed me how. I will be more careful then the riter of this book thogh when I meet this men in person, I will not make the same misstakes. I would like to meet an older man cuz then all the girls in my school will be jelous of me.
"
The war with islam is a war on the beast
The war on terror is a war for peace
Oh my god... this woman is so fucking fat that I'll bet she's begging for some person to come off a chat room and do her. My god, everybody is allowed a few pounds with middle aged, but this broad has abused the privledge.
I'll bet the pork chops quiver when she enters a room.
This just in!
Parry Aftab just ATE the real Katie! The whole case is moot now!
Damn, now I realise I misunderstood what you suggest.
I just ordered them lots of pizza and some escorts.
(I decided not to involve plumbers because false alarms are a biggish deal for them. Pizza places OTOH take this stuff as routine, at least the ones with bad food and lousy service which I used.)
Her name is an ANAGRAM of "A FAT B*"!
Take a look at her photo. This looks like someone who has never walked past a twinkie without stuffing it into her face. She called and harrassed Katie Jones a week after Jones gave birth. Atfab truly is a fat b*.
Fired? Parry was an experienced Internet lawyer, but recently her methods became .. unsound. A team has been dispatched up the river to terminate ..
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
"You are about to review any Amazon book, or comment on a review. Please indicate which of the following is most accurate about yourself:
(x) Gandhi took lessons from me.
( ) George Washington was a lightweight.
( ) I could pass a polygraph with a tack in my shoe.
( ) Waffle maker at the IHOP.
( ) Misson accomplished.
( ) I am not a crook.
( ) I'm an editor for Amazon book reviews.
Your input is very valuable to us,
Sincerely. The editorial staff at Amazon.