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TechCrunch Threatened With Lawsuit: You Won’t Believe What It’s About

Posted in Stupid by Evan at 2:06 pm

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TechCrunch has been hit with a lawsuit for using an image of Ashton Kutcher. $150, 000 is being demanded of them and if they don’t settle they’re being threatened to be sued for $150, 000, 000 in lost revenue. Yeah. The thing is, TechCrunch is a technology blog and has no real need to post pictures of Ashton or any other celebrities for that matter. The only image they used was one for a tech company that Ashton is part of and the image was supplied by the company. Upon investigation it turns out that someone linked to the image in question in the comments and that is the basis of all this. The image isn’t even being displayed, it’s a link buried in a ton of other comments. The entire thing is incredibly funny and incredibly stupid.

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One Response to “TechCrunch Threatened With Lawsuit: You Won’t Believe What It’s About”

  1. Dan says:

    Everyone line up!!! The SCO Losers Club starts here!!! First meeting will discuss how to live on beans and rice!

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