Dotcom Threatens to Sue Google Over Two-step Authentication

[pjmelect]

Good luck to him.

 

[mrmike_49]

good luck with getting any of them to help out

 

[DarkSable]

So the man isn't suing over something he actually has a legitimate claim on?
Good grief, let's make him the next CEO of Apple! ...please?

 

[Achoo22]

Next time government tries to tell you they're fostering innovation or small business growth, think about how broken US patent law is. See Philo Farnsworth.

 

[teh_chem]

teh_chem

you say trampled anyone in his way, all the other companies have done this don't kid yourself it's only that they hide behind the mask of a brand name and the people incharge insulate themselves using layers upon layers of management, just like organized crime, no way to get to the top as the old saying goes shiat rolls downhill

Read up on the guy--he's not your average big-company guy. His criminal past began when he was very young, hacking/cracking script-kiddie-ing tons of government and corporate sites and then selling access to the illegal networks or information he hacked into. Since then he globe-hopped during his criminal endeavors to whatever location would probably not result in his arrest or extradition. This was all before the MU fiasco. Look up what he did with the company LetsBuyIt.com. He's a dreadful person in the world of business and technology, and the world would be well to do without him (IMHO).

He's not some savior simply because he made MU and provided a service that people could use for many things, piracy being just one of them.

 

[beoza]

The way this is written with the selected quotes by Mr. Dotcom it sounds like he's trying to extort (to wrest or wring (money, information, etc.) from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like) money from these companies. When you put the quotes together it basically sounds like use my patent for free and help me pay for my defense, if you don't I'll sue you and get the money any way. Gotta love journalism with their selected quotes.

 

[ryu750]

@irish_adam Amen! well said.

 

[fightingslu]

Well this puts those three companies in a kind of interesting position. Obviously they do not want to be seen supporting a man who is synonymous with piracy, but they have all spoke out against CISPA and there could be a reaction out of their users if they ignore this.

 

[killerclick]

Google, Facebook and Twitter can easily defend against Dotcom. He doesn't have the money to pursue a patent case, and his attempt at shaking them down will not get him on their good side.

 

[spentshells]

blackmail is always a great way to get what you want.

Making a public offer not to sue for the use of a patent you own is hardly blackmail. You must work for the us government, perhaps he is also a terrorist.

 

[quilciri]

Suing two compaines who, at least on the surface, are two of the more vocal proponents of information sharing?
That would be crossing the line from freedom of information hero to team-killing fucktard, Kim.

 

[spentshells]

Suing two compaines who, at least on the surface, are two of the more vocal proponents of information sharing?
That would be crossing the line from freedom of information hero to team-killing fucktard, Kim.

If he was using any of patents the other companies hold what do you think the outcome would be?

 

[bryonhowley]

His patents if he really holds any should be revoked he deserves nothing more than to be in prision period.

 

[quilciri]

If he was using any of patents the other companies hold what do you think the outcome would be?

Google holds numerous patents from the Motorola mobility acquisiton. nearly every company in the mobile industry could be argued as infringing one or more of those patents. To date, google has only used those patents in counter-suits (read, defense).

I'm curious to know what high profile lawsuits Google has brought against another company that weren't counter suits against a company already suing Google.

 

[somebodyspecial]

Sue them all then fund your next dotcom adventure for real

 

[spentshells]

If he was using any of patents the other companies hold what do you think the outcome would be?

Google holds numerous patents from the Motorola mobility acquisiton. nearly every company in the mobile industry could be argued as infringing one or more of those patents. To date, google has only used those patents in counter-suits (read, defense).

I'm curious to know what high profile lawsuits Google has brought against another company that weren't counter suits against a company already suing Google.

http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy-ab&q=google+sues&oq=google+sues&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.823.2757.0.3342.11.7.0.4.4.0.125.728.3j4.7.0...0.0...1c.1.14.psy-ab.VHfNb_gG72A&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWM&fp=78f0b04589c1f304&biw=1280&bih=894&safe=on

seriously bud have a google

 

[quilciri]

If he was using any of patents the other companies hold what do you think the outcome would be?

Google holds numerous patents from the Motorola mobility acquisiton. nearly every company in the mobile industry could be argued as infringing one or more of those patents. To date, google has only used those patents in counter-suits (read, defense).

I'm curious to know what high profile lawsuits Google has brought against another company that weren't counter suits against a company already suing Google.

http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy-ab&q=google+sues&oq=google+sues&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.823.2757.0.3342.11.7.0.4.4.0.125.728.3j4.7.0...0.0...1c.1.14.psy-ab.VHfNb_gG72A&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWM&fp=78f0b04589c1f304&biw=1280&bih=894&safe=on

seriously bud have a google

The article you linked to says British Telcom filed suit against google a year ago. Google's actions constitute a counter-suit.

 

[spentshells]

If he was using any of patents the other companies hold what do you think the outcome would be?

Google holds numerous patents from the Motorola mobility acquisiton. nearly every company in the mobile industry could be argued as infringing one or more of those patents. To date, google has only used those patents in counter-suits (read, defense).

I'm curious to know what high profile lawsuits Google has brought against another company that weren't counter suits against a company already suing Google.

http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy-ab&q=google+sues&oq=google+sues&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.823.2757.0.3342.11.7.0.4.4.0.125.728.3j4.7.0...0.0...1c.1.14.psy-ab.VHfNb_gG72A&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWM&fp=78f0b04589c1f304&biw=1280&bih=894&safe=on

seriously bud have a google

The article you linked to says British Telcom filed suit against google a year ago. Google's actions constitute a counter-suit.

They are being sued for infringing then they counter sue , do not evil what a joke

 

[quilciri]

They are being sued for infringing then they counter sue , do not evil what a joke

You tried to establish that Google has sued a company that wasn't already suing Google, and, having been proven wrong there, are now trying to claim the counter suit Google filed in defense is "evil"?

According to that logic, if someone throws a punch at you and you swing back, you're evil.

Google has overstepped it's bounds on many occasions, especially with regards to privacy issues, but this isn't an instance of "doing evil".

I'd suggest you direct your ire at companies initiating patent lawsuit battles for less defensible reasons; or if you insist on hating on Google, hate them for more legit reasons.

 

[quilciri]

Also about that article....British Telcom, despite being a prescence in the mobile industry for quite some time, could be considered a borderline patent troll. They have done little in the last decade with most of the patents used in the lawsuit against Google. Not to mention, Apple would be violating all the same patents BT claims Google is, but there appears to be no similar suit against Apple.

Even predating the term "patent troll", British telcom tried to sue Prodigy in 2000, claiming that they owned a patent on hyperlinks. As you can imagine, the judge threw it out.