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Prince, Village People to Sue The Pirate Bay
castrox writes to tell us that The Pirate Bay's legal concerns are continuing to grow. Prince and the Village People are planning to sue the popular torrent site with the help of the Web Sheriff law firm. John Giacobbi of Web Sheriff has also asked Swedish band ABBA to join the cause. The suit is seeking "millions of dollars" in damages, although it's still uncertain to whom the charges will be directed. The likely targets are the four Pirate Bay founders who were indicted a few weeks ago on charges of breaking copyright law. Prince has taken investigative action against The Pirate Bay in the past.
Prince, Village People, ABBA to Sue The Pirate Bay: The suit is seeking "millions of dollars" in damages
Correction: They're seeking "millions of dollars" in fabulous damages.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Darth Vader: Your powers are weak, old man.
Obi-Wan: You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
...I hope someone sues the Village People for the damage they've done to popular music :-P
Not because they'll be charged with illegal file sharing, but because it will go on record that they in fact downloaded music by The Village People. Revealing that to the world should be enough punishment. :)
I heard they held a seance in Las Vegas and the medium channeling Elvis said he wants to sue.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
Judge: so the jurry has decided on $12 per infringement... that is... $132 to the defendant.
Prince: Yes! now i can finaly win that bedazzler on ebay!!!
You mean the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as prince?
Why only Web Sheriff? Why not Web Indian and Web Construction Worker, too?
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> Don't they realize this is pointless?
Cheap advertising though, right? Especially for a has-been like Prince. Best definition of him I ever read was "possibly a reincarnation of one of Jimi Hendrix's pubic hairs".
I don't know exactly why, but the above sentence is full of all kinds of funny.
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam" - Japanese ministry official.
...people are actually bothering to pirate works by Prince, the Village People and ABBA.
Ooh, moderator points! Five more idjits go to Minus One Hell!
Delendae sunt RIAA, MPAA et Windoze
Hoist them swabies up by their own peter and we'll see who remains a man when it's all said and done.
Young man, I was once in your shoes,
:)
I said, I was.. downloading torrent files too,
But it's stealing, and there is licensing due,
So you've got.. to.. know.. this.. one thing:
DUN DUN DUN DUNNUN
It's fun to sue with the D.M.C.A.,
It's fun to sue with the D.M.C.A.,
They have everything there for lawyers to enjoy,
Ain't no safe harbor for Pirate Bay, boys!
P.S. Sorry, I had to..
I thought for a minute there that the Prince of Sweden had teamed up with a random Swedish village to sue The Pirate Bay.
My train of thought went from anger at the demeaning and archaic reference to the Swedish populous as "village people", to puzzlement about what possible copyrights the prince and villagers could hold in common, to loss of what little respect I have left for those groups.
I think you're thinking of ABBA here.
c++;
No, I just thought of Ikari Warriors.
End of lesson. You may press the button.
No .torrent for a Swedish course? And I thought they had everything...
>north
You're an immobile computer, remember?
This won't go to court...they'll settle through ARRRRR-bitration!
Prince, The Village People and ABBA are suing because people are NOT downloading them enough. Prince tried making a statement on the issue, but no one could understand him and the The Village People got tired trying to spell out the message. A spokesperson for ABBA said the group would comment after they all finished get new blond highlights in their hair.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
when you get sued by a toothpick in a purple doily.
I know a way out of this. The Pirate Bay just has to change their name from "The Pirate Bay" to some weird and completely unintelligible symbol that nobody knows how to say. How can the lawyers sue them if they can't even say their name?
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Young man, there's no need to feel down.
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I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
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There's no need to be unhappy.
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You can run it, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
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But you've got to know this one thing!
No law gets passed by itself.
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And look here, it bought the d.m.c.a.
You get the shaft with no lube today.
It's fun to violate the d-m-c-a.
It's fun to violate the d-m-c-a.
You can unlock every DVD to enjoy,
You can give the finger to that marketing ploy
It's fun to violate the d-m-c-a.
It's fun to violate the d-m-c-a.
You can get movies clean, damn that's quite the deal,
You can watch them wherever you feel
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with DRM blues.
New technology was eating my wallet alive.
I felt that high-def was so jive
That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, google up some de-css.
It's a tool to break the d.m.c.a.
They can start you back on your way.
It's fun to violate the d-m-c-a.
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Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
I did.
You five-digit kids. Get off my lawn, etc.
And yet, it's the least-ridiculous of all his routines. Unless assless pants quit being ridiculous.
If it is shown in court that Pirate Bay is costing them all so much money, maybe PB can hook them up with some good torrents to cover the lawsuit rather than paying cash?
I Am My Own Worst Enemy