RICO? That may be the most definitively empty legal threat I have ever seen on the internet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corru...
MMM Receives Legal Threats
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#72Aside from this current issue, which has no doubt raised awareness of MMM's website, one of the positive outcomes here is that HN readers may be exposed to some of the most awesomely good advice you will ever receive. Reading his posts has led me to understand that I am not alone by any means in my quest for financial independence, which is true independence. Check out his site -- you can begin with the "Start Here" link on the navbar.
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#73Every time I see another example of frivolous litigation threats like this, I feel like one of the biggest shortcomings of the U.S. justice system is not enough pain inflicted on frivolous litigators. This goes for patent trolling, too, obviously. There should be a healthy fear of filing baseless legal challenges. Disbarment? Large fines? What's the effective remedy here, that doesn't go so far it dissuades legitimat…
Who decides if they are baseless? From the post MMM can't even decide: "From what I could tell, there wasn’t much merit to their complaint."
MMM is not a lawyer. As an analogy, consider CFAA and other "hacking" related prosecutions where the layman might not be able to tell if a charge is without merit, but a domain expert acting in good faith can.
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#74Ken Popehat ( http://www.popehat.com/ ) might be worth contacting. Even if he can't help directly, he might know someone who can. He's about the closest thing the internet has to a folk superhero in law; he has a "Popehat signal" ( http://www.popehat.com/tag/popehat-signal/ ) he uses for a "call for pro bono help for online folks who get threatened with bogus censorious lawsuits" ( http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen…
His name is Ken White. And he tweeted this today: https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/443809025902129152
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#75Every time I see another example of frivolous litigation threats like this, I feel like one of the biggest shortcomings of the U.S. justice system is not enough pain inflicted on frivolous litigators. This goes for patent trolling, too, obviously. There should be a healthy fear of filing baseless legal challenges. Disbarment? Large fines? What's the effective remedy here, that doesn't go so far it dissuades legitimat…
US should just adopt the European system for lawsuits. You lose, you pay. Yes, it has a downside, as does everything else in the world, but I think the downside is much smaller than the upside (compared to the current US system).
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
50.204.172.183 seems intent on changing the wording to be more favourable to kiss trust.
That IP resolves to a Comcast Business connection in Warrenton, VA. Guess where kisstrust.com's WHOIS record shows they are located?
That's where the Kiss Trust's attorney is located, according to the posted letter.
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#77Did anybody else notice it said DCMA on the original lawyers letter?
these posts infringe on our trademarks and copyrights in violation of the DCMA
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#78Completely off-topic, but I did not know about this website. Going to check it out as it sounds very useful!
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#79Aside from this current issue, which has no doubt raised awareness of MMM's website, one of the positive outcomes here is that HN readers may be exposed to some of the most awesomely good advice you will ever receive. Reading his posts has led me to understand that I am not alone by any means in my quest for financial independence, which is true independence. Check out his site -- you can begin with the "Start Here"…
I was not aware of the site before today. I looked through a few of the articles and came to the conclusion that it is a borderline religious frugal porn site. You can take a look at the site owners 2013 budget as a prime example. Assuming that your house and car is paid off and that nobody got seriously ill and no other unexpected expenses came up the guy claims to have spent 23k for one year of supporting a family of 3+ (presumably). It is hard to reconcile the claimed budget knowing the reality of supporting onself, even if you disregard things such as rent, car, and medical.
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#80Second letter:
> This will serve as formal notice to preserve all ISP [sic] addresses...
To paraphrase Churchill: "I may be drunk, but in the morning I will be sober, whereas you will still be an idiot."