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LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-passport-and-account-numbers dept.

drewmoney writes "According to an article on Groklaw: It's begun in a Nigerian court. LANCOR has actually done it. Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria."

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  1. Why don't the Nigerians just by LM741N · · Score: 5, Funny

    get their money from all those secret accounts that I keep getting emailed about.

    1. Re:Why don't the Nigerians just by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nigerian moderator?

    2. Re:Why don't the Nigerians just by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Funny

      get their money from all those secret accounts that I keep getting emailed about. Well, we would, but you see, there are a lot of legal fees involved in that kind of transaction. It's actually easier just to transfer the money out of the country, to an American bank account, and then transfer it back. If you'd be so kind as to give me your bank account number, I could just send you the money, and then you could send it back to me. Obviously I'd be willing to compensate you quite well for your time, all I need is to borrow about $5,000 from you up front to help offset the legal fees, and then I'll be able to take care of everything and pay you $100,000 for your time. Let me know if I can count on your support!

      (No, I'm not really Nigerian.)
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      $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
      $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
    3. Re:Why don't the Nigerians just by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      If you made more spelling mistakes and invoked Jesus's blessing, I might've mistaken you for an authentic scammer.

    4. Re:Why don't the Nigerians just by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dear Sir,

      My name is Prince Anonoomosa C'ow-Ard of the Nigerian Royal Family. Recently my family has been driven from power by Marxist revolutionaries. I need your kind help to move my family's enormous stash of TWO HUNDRED MILLION mod points out of the country. In exchange for your help I am willing to offer to you ten percent of this sum, deposited into the comments of your choice. As a gesture of good faith on your part, please mod this comment up.

  2. Dollars $ Dollars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    $20 million dollars in damages... Tutorial:

    Q: How do you pronounce "$20"
    A: "Twenty dollars"

    Q: How do you pronounce "$20 million"
    A: "Twenty million dollars"

    Q: How do you pronounce "$20 million dollars"
    A: "Twenty million dollars dollars"

    You're welcome.
    1. Re:Dollars $ Dollars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Inasmuch as I own the copyright on the use of the term "$20 million dollars" and you have irreparably wasted my time, I am instructing my lawyers to sue you for $30 million dollars. However, you may avoid the costs of a trial by sending $10,000 dollars to me care of Western Union wire transfer.

      -- Bogo Mugubwai, Nigeria

  3. Fuller version... by nick_davison · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria. ...and someone to help them get the $20 million dollars out of the country. They are willing to give 25% to anyone who will.
  4. OLPC defense fund by Broken+Toys · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I collect my $25 million from the Honorable Juju Majinki, who is holding these funds in trust, I plan to donate part of those funds to the OLPC defense fund.

  5. Re:keyboard in dispute not used in production devi by eebra82 · · Score: 3, Funny

    From a RIAA lawyers perspective, this is just fine. Add a little immorality (deprived children), do some simple math (300 * $66,666 = $20,000,000) and voila!

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  6. Question Mark by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Q: How do you pronounce "$20"
    A: "Twenty dollars"
    Tutorial:

    Q: How do you end a question?
    A: With a question mark.

    Q: How do you end a statement?
    A: With a period.

    Q: What do you call a grammar nazi whose mock questions don't end in question marks?
    A: Dumb.

    1. Re:Question Mark by SamP2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tutorial:

      Q: Should the word "Nazi" be capitalized?
      A: Yes.

      Q: Do you hold article comments to the same grammatical standards as the articles themselves?
      A: No.

      Q: What do you call someone who does the above for no reason other than to attract attention and cause disruption?
      A: A troll.

    2. Re:Question Mark by Cylix · · Score: 4, Funny

      Tutorial

      Q: Should tutorial be the new fad?
      A: Yes.

      Q: Does it seem weak and unimaginative?
      A: Yes.

      Q: Then why persist?
      A: In the mere hopes that it offends at least one person.

      --
      "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
    3. Re:Question Mark by iowannaski · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tutorial

      Q: Is "it offends at least one person" a single hope?
      A: Yes.

      Q: Should "hopes" therefore be "hope"?
      A: Yes.

      Q: ??
      A: Profit!!

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      i forget
  7. Mod parent down by Esteban · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy moly. I just realized I chimed in with a grammatical comment on a post about OLPC and Nigerian "courts.".

  8. Re:Don't do business there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then it'd probably be unsafe for children.

  9. Re:Thats just it by ErroneousBee · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've done some careful research on this, and I believe the Africans got to Africa before the Europeans.

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  10. Re:Die OLPC, Die. by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just a QWERTY keyboard with a second shift key

    Sounds shifty to me.

    Seriously, though, don't most keyboards have two shift keys (and a caplocks key)?