Winklevii Promise To Appeal To Supreme Court
from the and-the-court-will-laugh dept
Well, that didn't take long at all. We noted that the tone deaf Winklevoss twins would probably appeal their latest legal "loss," which "only" entitles them to the $160 million or so from their original settlement with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Even while I said I expected them to appeal since they'd already gone this far, there was still a little voice in the back of my head saying they couldn't possibly think that the Supreme Court could see a Constitutional issue to consider in their case. And yet... hours later, the Winklevii lawyer has announced plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. And I will announce plans to not laugh out loud when the Supreme Court turns them down.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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They figured that the 160 million are already in the bag (Zuckerberg is willing to negotiate and just pay them to shut up), so they have absolutely nothing to lose (other than lawyer fees, which are pocket change compared with what they can win). So now they are just on a fishing expedition, to see if any court will give them EVEN MORE money or to see if they can make Zuckerberg settle for a bit more.
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You know what makes me feel really sorry for them? 100 million is just about 100x more (being optimistic?) than what I'll make in my whole life, working hard every single day. They should get 10000x more, because, otherwise, it just isn't fair.
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Thanks for living up to your caricatures, Winklevii.
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To get anything at all, they must have them dead to rights
I have a similar problem with another website, (www.pheromones.com) but there will be no justice for me.
That's my handprint in Borne Identity, and notes in my handwriting appear in E.T., Close Encounters, K-PAX, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society and Back to the Future. I invented "The Force", "The Jedi", and "The Pirate Code". Inception, Avatar, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Phantom Menace--all were my creations, but all I got was a pack of microcassette tapes and $1.00 for my cave sax solo in Dead Poets Society in return for signing a piece of paper I couldn't have a copy of. There is absolutely no justice in America, unless the twins can be vindicated and properly and promptly paid.
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Facebook lawsuit
I think the twins should take control of the company, break the grasping, lying interloper and drive him out. Perhaps then we will at last have an honest discourse. This din of thieves appears in need of such a remedy.
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