Stupid and Legally-Invalid Threats (Physical Letters)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-12-25 22:58:15 UTC
Modified: 2021-12-25 22:58:15 UTC

Or: Threatening Letters From Losers, Liars, Perverts and Hypocrites Who Sabotage GNU/Linux and Defame Its Founders

Part I: Video download link | md5sum 3b807595c651995ea2622172293b2998

Part II: Video download link | md5sum 872b7acc595a1b6e595c29d698232970

Summary: The occupation of lawyers -- even outside the realms of patents and copyrights (so-called 'IP' lawyers) -- is a net negative; this 2-part video highlights older and newer examples of that

IN THIS world where "reality hurts" people rush to actions that are senseless and sometimes legally invalid. We saw this in the case of the EPO and Microsoft; they like to 'lawyer up' their critics. Sometimes they send letters from lawyers and I've lost count of such utterly worthless letters.

"Sometimes they send letters from lawyers and I've lost count of such utterly worthless letters."This month it took some nerve for a law firm to send a COVID-19 'infection vector' through the door (in December when we have like 122,000 cases per day), relegating it to a 3-day quarantine before being opened. This video concerns an American law firm sending a ridiculous letter for Michael Shore. We then deal with a more recent example, which is even more ridiculous than the first. ⬆

Screenshot of Michael Shore's page, archived by TechDirt

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