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And even though the case got thrown out, it still clearly cost Boing Boing a considerable amount of money just to prove that they are in the right.

No wonder most "news" sources are simply regurgitated press-releases... true journalism has gotten to be too expensive to enforce. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Though, they should have been also hit with something additional for being dorks about the whole thing. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
We have so many frivolous law suits in the US it's just nuts. Like someone breaking into your house, you shoot them and they survive to sue you. Makes sense right?]]>Feb 24th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
The U.S. legal system may have its flaws, but this particular case is not an example.]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
This morning I sit here watching CNN and I already see 2 stories about people sueing for some crap. One the KC Royals mascot hit someone with a freaking hotdog and then some male ESPN anchor offended some female anchor.

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That's why you make sure they don't survive if you're going to shoot them.]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Boing Boing is only going to get their legal costs returned AFTER THE FACT.

They still had to front a considerable amount of money just to defend themselves against this BS. I could easily see some smaller/less well funded company (think mom and pop operation) having to close down just to pay for legal support to prove that they were right... the fact that they are getting that money back in the end is not exactly consolation in my opinion... some of these legal battles can last years and years and they would have been out that amount of money all that time.

This is also how scumbag companies like Monster Cable work - they will pick on any "little guy" with Monster in the name and sue the pants off of them. You think that puppet company or that mini-golf company have $50k laying around just to defend throw at lawyers? ]]>Feb 24th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Lets clarify something here - the VAST majority of law suits in this country are company versus company. All these other ones of an individual suing another individual are much less common but get way blown out of proportion in the news.
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"That is to say, every purchaser of the product was agreeing to something he or she hadn't (and couldn't have, without tracking the URL down via Google) read."

Where does this sound familiar...
Oh yeah, all the US Laws!]]>Feb 24th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Going through the sign up process, once you put your address details in, you get to go to page 2 of 2 where you put in your credit card details and STILL no EULA.

The word "scam" comes to mind.... OOPS... watch out... Lawyer alert..

LOL....]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Oh yes... and the stupid counter at the top of the page (which at 6:14am my time read 10200 and something -- can't recall the exact number now), is now at ZERO!

WTF????????

]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/
Also it would be really nice if lawyers could be penalized for wasting our legal systems time. I mean really was it not apparent that this shouldn't even have gone to the courts?]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Except not half as interesting.

Boing Boing must love the press from this. I know they are desperately trying to stay relevant.]]>Feb 24th 2010 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/I stopped reading that site when Corey Doctrow asked readers to nominate him for a Hugo Award.

]]>Feb 24th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/It's a scam if they sucker you into being bound to terms you are unaware of, regardless of whether or not they provide the service. Our personal information is currency these days, if Google has taught us anything. Hidden costs of privacy are as bad as hidden costs of money, if not worse.]]>Feb 24th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 24th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/magicjack-sues-boing-boing-gets-bounced-out-of-court/Feb 25th 2010 12:47PM