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Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love
treqie writes "During the trial of pirate bay yesterday, a professor (Roger Wallis) took the witness stand. He told the court things that the prosecutors did not want to hear. The prosecutors then tried to discredit both him and his team's work in the area, as well as his title, it was a real spectacle. In the end, the judge asked if he wanted compensation for being there — he replied that he did not want anything, but they could send flowers to his wife. Many listening online heard, and began sending her flowers, from all over the world. As of this submission, the sum is over 40,000 SEK worth of flowers. There's even a Facebook group for it."
Isn't that a bit sticky?
There's a Facebook group for everything. There's even a Facebook group who's whole statement is that there are too many useless groups on Facebook.
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The obvious next question is, can she use daisy-chaining techniques to turn the flowers into a beowulf cluster for the use of Pirate Bay?
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Whenever I do something that pisses off my girlfriend (yes, I'm one of the rare slashdotters with a SO), ask random people on the Internet to send her flowers, giving them her address in between.
On a second thought, do I still have the address of my bitch ex-girlfriend? Hmmmm *punders*
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Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love
....makes my eyes bleed.
I do not support "The Man". I also do not support your irrational stupidity
When I read the headline, that's not what I pictured. :/
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
can I send a lump of coal to Danowsky, Pontén and Wadsted?
It should be noted that the krona is worth about $0.11, so it ends up being like $4,446. For those of us who purchased long stems for our loved ones last Valentines that comes up to about 3 roses and a plush teddy bear or a handful of Gerber daises and a cardboard and macaroni "I luv U" card.
He proposed half an hour after we met and I said maybe. After a day, he had convinced me.
The music industry should start selling flowers - you can't download those for free! Of course, they'll have to make sure the flowers can't produce any seeds.
I'm unfamiliar with SEKS, not SEK.
Gotta love a good flowerdotting!
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
In Soviet Russia, heat warms you.
Before someone yells "Oh my, you could compare the rise of aids cases to lost sales and your graph would look the same" just shut up ok? Just shut the fuck up because you're another useless slashdot tool spouting the same "I HAVE A RIGHT TO STEAL OTHERS WORK" retoric that I've read on this fucking site for the last 10 years. There is a direct correlation between piracy and lost sales, I've seen it. Grow up.
I'm now beginning to feel suspicious of the possibility that you may have an agenda.
It's funny, cuz it really doesn't. Not in Russia anyway.
--Edward Dassmesser
I've seen 8 American karaoke labels die in the last 10 years, and as of now there's only like 3 or 4 left.
Yes, piracy has a direct impact on overall sales but in the grand scheme of things (the actual music market, not the tiny niche you want to show a link to) it doesn't make much of a dent especially when the majority of people don't pirate.
And just as an aside, we can all hope that when the last 3 or 4 die that the entire industry will fall into a pit, burn, and rot the death it deserves. I'm sorry but I don't see the necessity to foster an environment where drunken idiots sing worse than the mediocrity displayed by the original singer/songwriter while other drunken retards cheer them on. That entire fad is pointless, painful, and horrendous for the rest of us that want to drown our sorrows in fucking peace and quiet. /rant.
Those pirates are spending money on flowers instead of our media! Quick, summon the lawyers!
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others
I thought pirates don't spend money? Zing, that's $4400 less money spent on CDs and DVDs for the related industries.
Give me your answer true.
Does this mean he ewill deflower her after the trial?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
people steal music on the internet, sales drop for the karaoke labels, we get less karaoke.
So, what you're saying is piracy is a good thing?
All you need to know is that one can be used to purchase the other.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Actually, it was a torrent of flowers being downloaded. The value of the flowers was assumed to be if every single download represented a lost purchase.
Yes it's an anecdote! Were you expecting original research in a Slashdot comment?
Quit trying to pretend that there's stuff outside of the US.
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
Wanna take bets on how many of those orders were done with stolen credit card numbers?
Actually, that is illegal in Sweden ;-)
I can see it now! If Pirate Bay wins, every one will start sending the Music bosses "A bunch of pansies" with a note saying "Sorry! for stealing your music. Hugs and kisses The Pirates" :D:D
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True. That's why they invented vodka.
Redundancy is good And also good.
You are so in the industrial age. Thanks for sharing your POV, though.
Well I moved back to my parents basement. Actually I quite like it here. I did have girlfriends, nearly a wife, but not too bothered about that now I can spend my money on computers and stuff.
You Insensitive Clod.
Prosecution: Their flower power is no match for my glower power, hnrrrrr....