Posted on 12/02/2001 10:09:56 PM PST by Bob J
Nothing...thats what it means.
The afholes have been trying to scare FReepers with this little bit information. Here is my opinion on the subject.
As you all know, the Washington Post and LA Times sued FR LLC and Jim to stop it from posting full text articles. The basis of FR's attorneys defense rested on the fair use clause. Unfortunately, Jim drew probably the worst judge he could...Margaret Morrow, a Clinton nominee, whose appointment was held up for a long time by Republicans due to here obvious left wing opinions.
The plaintiffs attorneys filed a pre trial motion to squelch the fair use defense and Judge Morrow ruled affirmatively. That basically took all the guts out of the Jim's defense. At that point, Jim's most prudent course of action was to stipulate to a decision against him. That way the case could get into the appeal with the least cost. This may have actually worked for the best since if Jim won, the WP was certainly going to appeal. It would also follow that whoever lost the appeal would then appeal to the SC. It has been estimated going directly to appeal may have saved Jim and FR 200-300k. Now, it may only cost 20-30k to get all the way to the Supremes.
Once Jim stipulated, they were allowed to ask for a dollar judgement. When Jim found out it was 1 million, he said "Why not make it 500 million. Hell, make it a billion!" The fact is Jim nor FR LLC have any money. What is raised during the quarterly FReepathons is used during the next 3 months for expenses. The LAT and WP know this. I doubt if they expect to ever see a dime of it. The judgement allows them to put a nice round number on their balance sheet to offset the obvious huge expenses this case is chewing up on their P&L's. Can you imagine the public relations nightmare for a multi billion dollar corporation to going after a disabled vet for a million bucks he doesn't have? How about a billion...heheh.
Obviously, some donations go to legal expenses, as in any business, but Jim is trying to minimize the cost. So, when an afhole throws that million dollar judgement in your face, as if you are or they expect you to pay for it, say what Jim said, "Thank you sir, make it a billion, please!"
Ha! What loosers...
Oh, come come. I was thinking the same about your reply to which I responded, but I responded anyway. So, come on..........wanna dance? :)
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You're a REAL dumbass!!!
Did everyone hear that????
I see that NAMMARINE has not responded to Jim Rob's reply to him on #263. Hopefully he's pleased with Jim's response.
Why not set it up and operate out of it now?
"Even if I lose it all and the LAT/WP forces me into bankruptcy, I can still operate this thing from the poor house, or even from a jail cell if I have to, as long as someone donates a computer and internet connection and donors pay directly to the bandwidth provider and systems maintenance people. There is no law prohibiting that. If someone or some group of people want to set up a Free Speech Trust for a Free Republic, then all donated funds could flow through that and be controlled and disbursed by a board of trustees. No money will have to come to me at all, unless the board decides to help fund my maintenance."
God Bless you JR!
I like this guy, never say never, never say die
Thanks for the ping Cool Guy!
you've collected an allotment of enemies in correlation to your success.
fortunately, you have also collected a far greater allotment of loyal
supporters.
that is success. onward.
IMHO, you oughtta say, "Screw the detractors and reward yourself by making this a profit center for your business, sir...it's a great device for so many things, and entreprenuers who come up with this sort of innovation typically are rewarded handsomely in this American society. Also believe you oughtta branch out and set up a Chinese version of FR, a Spanish version, or even an Islamic version. The software's better than anything else I've seen on discussion Forums anywhere...now all we need are a few good conservatives who speak Chinese (is that Mandarin?), Spanish, and Farsi...then let them run with it!! It's not that far-fetched...and you deserve to be rewarded for your foresight and ingenuity, while helping to spread the truth to areas in which the Truth is in short supply.
Keep up the good work, sir...MUD
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