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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.)
      --
      $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$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: 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.
  3. 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.

  4. 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!!

    --
    i forget