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Fark Founder Drew Curtis Explains How Fark Beat a Patent Troll

Posted by timothy on from the righteous-chip-on-his-shoulder dept.

Velcroman1 links to this coverage of Drew Curtis's explanation of how his company, Fark, managed to beat a patent troll's lawsuit alleging infringement of a patent on distribution of news releases by email. From the article: "It boils down to one thing: don't negotiate with terrorists," Curtis said during a talk at the TED 2012 conference in Long Beach, Calif."

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  1. As much as I hate to say it.. by mwfischer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Fox News' Derp-O-Sphere can label patent trolls as terrorists and inform the pitchfork and shotgun base.... that *might* actually be helpful.

    1. Re:As much as I hate to say it.. by jd2112 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Tell Ted Nugent that they are a bunch of Democrats.

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      Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
  2. Re:How about... by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why wouldn't you want the truth?

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    "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
  3. A Fox Link? by Tator+Tot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally! An unbiased, true American news source! Bout time we got some real news instead of some LAMEstream media "facts".

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    To all you virgins: Thanks for nothing.
  4. SANE and CUPS by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    Umm, how do you record a letter

    SANE

    and play it back later?

    CUPS