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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."
Someone might appreciate a link to a sample of his work...
40000 kr SEK = $4446.68 USD = €3501.32 EUR
The compensation mentioned wasn't due to the harassment from the prosecutors' side, but rather due to the Swedish legal principle that anyone testifying in court is entitled to compensation for expenses and loss of income.
Herserudsvagen 6
181 34 LIDINGO
That is the address if any one wants to send flowers to her
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.
And taking pictures of flowers would be illegal, and people who make perfume smelling like flowers would have to pay royalties. They would lobby the Dutch government for the illegal tulip growing, and artificially keep the prices of roses extremely high. 1% of the actual revenue of the flower-sale would go the person who grew and nurtured the plant, 2% to the company that shipped it, 3% to the guy who actually sold the flower, and 94% would go to the middle man. After a couple of decennia all the flowers will smell the same, so that you can no longer bear the stink. The flower-tax collection agency will however every year demand that you pay them for the 2 square feet of grass in front of your house, because you might grow flowers in that.
I think I stretched that analogy a bit too far, but I think I'm going in the flower industry. brb business plan
A serious point in a not so serious thread. Monsanto is the company that sues farmers for 'seed patent' violation. I'd much rather deal with the *IAA, stand up to em at all and they drop the case. Monsanto will sue you to oblivion.
It's poetry with a beat behind it! And guns! They're like beatniks with automatic weapons.