Comments on: Righthaven domain sells for $3300 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313456 Rob Beschizza Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313456 Thing is, the money goes to people who did business with Righthaven. Better they stay stiffed. Thing is, the money goes to people who did business with Righthaven. Better they stay stiffed.

]]> By: Jersey Hiker http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313257 Jersey Hiker Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313257 If I had money/wasn't mired in student debt, I would have purchased it and used it as a media aggregate for open source/copyleft/etc. Then again, I'm posting this on a site that already does that sort of thing...so yeah If I had money/wasn’t mired in student debt, I would have purchased it and used it as a media aggregate for open source/copyleft/etc. Then again, I’m posting this on a site that already does that sort of thing…so yeah

]]> By: Richard_Kirk http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313197 Richard_Kirk Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313197 There is a difference between cutting off the head of your slain enemy and keeping it on a pike; and bidding for the same head put up on Ebay by the relatives of the enemy .  The funds go to creditors of the bankrupt firm, which tried -- and failed -- to build a business shaking down websites. If BB can get the site for a tiny sum, everyone laughs with us. Beyond a thousand, and they start laughing at us. Good call. There is a difference between cutting off the head of your slain enemy and keeping it on a pike; and bidding for the same head put up on Ebay by the relatives of the enemy . 

The funds go to creditors of the bankrupt firm, which tried — and failed — to build a business shaking down websites. If BB can get the site for a tiny sum, everyone laughs with us. Beyond a thousand, and they start laughing at us. Good call.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313169 semiotix Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313169 <blockquote>it got a bit too racy for us around the $2k mark</blockquote> Oh, for crying out loud. Sell a few steampunk ukuleles if you have to.  EDIT: I was just kidding, but for reference, many if not most of these jerks' creditors would be the people who sold them paper clips or contracted to empty their wastebaskets. In other words, completely innocent bystanders. Obviously that's the risk you take when you extend business-to-business credit, but it wouldn't be an evil act to buy something sold at this kind of auction, no matter how evil the business.

it got a bit too racy for us around the $2k mark

Oh, for crying out loud. Sell a few steampunk ukuleles if you have to. 

EDIT: I was just kidding, but for reference, many if not most of these jerks’ creditors would be the people who sold them paper clips or contracted to empty their wastebaskets. In other words, completely innocent bystanders. Obviously that’s the risk you take when you extend business-to-business credit, but it wouldn’t be an evil act to buy something sold at this kind of auction, no matter how evil the business.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313162 noah django Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313162 the final nail in the coffin is always the most satisfying. the final nail in the coffin is always the most satisfying.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1313022 That_Anonymous_Coward Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1313022 I am hoping whoever bought it will turn it into a clearing house of information for people targeted by copyright trolls shaking people down with just an IP Address, like Marc Randazza... Yes even someone noted for being a big first amendment protector, and suing Righthaven for abusing copyright to extort payments, is in the business of shaking people down with threats and cheap scare tactics. I am hoping whoever bought it will turn it into a clearing house of information for people targeted by copyright trolls shaking people down with just an IP Address, like Marc Randazza…
Yes even someone noted for being a big first amendment protector, and suing Righthaven for abusing copyright to extort payments, is in the business of shaking people down with threats and cheap scare tactics.

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1312953 Mordicai Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1312953 So the BoingBoing counter-troll-troll threshold is around $2000.  Good to know. So the BoingBoing counter-troll-troll threshold is around $2000.  Good to know.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1312936 corydodt Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1312936 > redirect it at humorously-chosen sites Hey, that idea was my comment! :) I can't blame you for not wanting to drop 2 grand on a joke. > redirect it at humorously-chosen sites

Hey, that idea was my comment! :) I can’t blame you for not wanting to drop 2 grand on a joke.

]]> By: Stonewalker http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/righthaven-domain-sells-for-3.html#comment-1312912 Stonewalker Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137738#comment-1312912 Delicious justice. Delicious justice.

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