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  124. My apologies ahead of time for the length of this piece, but anything shorter wouldn't do the subject justice. I will, however, provide plenty of pictures and blockquotes. This post deals with a...</a>
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  133. <b><a href="/blog/?company=knopf+publishing"> knopf publishing</a>, <a href="/blog/?company=on+press+inc.">on press inc.</a>, <a href="/blog/?company=twitter">twitter</a></b>
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  140. <h1>Bizarre &#39;Attribution&#39; Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats</h1><h3>from the <i>tongue-not-made-of-glass</i> dept</h3><div>My apologies ahead of time for the length of this piece, but anything shorter wouldn't do the subject justice. I will, however, provide plenty of pictures and blockquotes. This post deals with a strange copyright troll, which bullies people into properly attributing a quoted poem. The troll runs across multiple social media platforms but does a bulk of its "work" at Twitter, where it can receive instantaneous feedback. Along the way, we'll deal with the poet himself, a company called On Press Inc. and some other connections which seem to indicate the poet himself is behind the trolling, along with a threatened lawsuit against me for copyright infringement, defamation and false claims.

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  142. It starts out simply enough. As a contributor to this site, I was doing the sort of thing we do in our downtime -- running a Twitter search for the term "infringement." The search results were dominated by tweets from an account that looked exactly like this one.

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  146. Only it wasn't this one. The account I saw had this name: <a href="http://twitter.com/xsaonpress" target="_blank">@xsaonpress</a>.</p>

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  148. When I returned the next day, I was greeted with the message that the above account had been suspended. Odd. So, I searched again, only this time using the keywords "tongues" and "glass," -- two words in the title of the poem in question -- and found that On Press was still in business.</p>

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  153. On Press Inc., supposedly a division of <a href="http://knopf.knopfdoubleday.com/" target="_blank">Knopf Publishing</a> (according to its Twitter profiles), was running a search of its own and issuing tweet after threatening tweet to anyone who dared publish a short (really short -- under 140 characters) poem by reclusive poet, <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/shaun-shane/biography/" target="_blank">Shaun Shane</a>, without attribution. The entire poem reads as follows:

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  155. <i>"If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak."</i></blockquote>

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  156. This poem's claim to fame is its use in the Invisible Children/Kony 2012 campaign. The link presented by On Press during these Twitter blowups is an <a href="https://twitter.com/invisible/status/197067812865445888/photo/1" target="_blank">Invisible Children-branded photo</a> that quotes the poem <i>and</i> gives proper attribution, albeit a possibly belated one. On Press' blood was first stirred up by a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/invisible-children-cover-the-night_n_1440379.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post story about Invisible Children back in April of 2012</a>, which led to this angry comment from On Press:

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  158. <i>The Organization Invisible Children has plagiarized and thus committed copyright infringement ( which is illegal) on their website and on their Twitter account, a work by Shaun Shane. Exemplifying the criticism against them that they do not research their facts and have sloppy journalist methods. (Here is a link: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/) and to the Twitter post (https://twitter.com/#!/Invisible/status/196433854851055618/photo/1)</i></blockquote>

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  159. After sending out an ignored invitation (via direct message) to discuss these "tactics," I decided to <a href="https://twitter.com/TimCushing/status/299287346342404096" target="_blank">throw out some bait</a>.

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  161. Soon, I was receiving the same set of tweets I'd seen filling up my search results the night before. On Press, utilizing one of its <i>many, many</i> Twitter accounts, gave me its usual combination of Shaun Shane info and legal threats. On Press has a very shaky grasp on IP law, but it doesn't let its ignorance stop it from trotting out nearly every term (plagiarism, theft) imaginable in hopes of quick compliance.

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  163. The first false claim it makes is that Twitter will shut down an account for a single infringement violation. Not true. Twitter <i>may</i> shut down an account for <i>multiple</i> cases of infringement, but a single report won't result in the removal of an account, as is <a href="https://twitter.com/tos" target="_blank">clearly stated in the Twitter terms of service</a>. (On Press has also made claim that this process will shut down an account in 4 hours. You may laugh at this one.)

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  165. <i>Twitter will also terminate a user's account if the user is determined to be a <b>repeat infringer</b>.</i></blockquote>

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  166. If the proper steps are followed (via the DMCA form), the offending Tweet will simply be "withheld," with a notice replacing the original Tweet. Finally, On Press delivers this bizarre phrase:</p>

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  172. For an entity so concerned with copyright infringement, it certainly doesn't seem to understand the terminology it's throwing around. "Libel" and "liable" are nowhere close to each other in definition, and you'd think an entity this concerned with infringement would know the difference (or at least be able to spell the one it actually means).

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  174. Then there's On Press Inc itself, which has its own issues. As you can see from its profile photo, On Press claims to be a division of Knopf Publishing. However, we contacted Knopf Publishing for comment and they said that there is no division of Knopf called On Press Inc.  On Press has apparently decided an appearance of Shane's poem in a <a href="http://celebratepoetry.tumblr.com/post/21875771215/tongues-made-of-glass" target="_blank">Poem-A-Day-Celebration hosted by Tumblr and Knopf</a> allows it to add Knopf's name to its profile... and the large publisher's weight to its fight against unattributed use, despite no official connection to the company.

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  176. On Press also utilizes multiple simultaneous Twitter accounts, in violation of the <a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules" target="_blank">Twitter Rules</a>.

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  178. <i><b>Serial Accounts</b>: You may not create serial accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes, or with overlapping use cases. Mass account creation may result in suspension of all related accounts. Please note that any violation of the Twitter Rules is cause for permanent suspension of all accounts.</i>

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  180. In <i>one </i>night, my interactions with On Press Inc. included input from the following accounts: <a href="https://twitter.com/copyrightdept" target="_blank">@copyrightdept</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/vesoaonpress" target="_blank">@vesoaonpress</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/vseawonpress" target="_blank">@vseawonpress</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/wasweonpress" target="_blank">@wasweonpress</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/xaswonpress" target="_blank">@xaswonpress</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/xseionpress" target="_blank">@xseionpress</a>. All accounts sported the same On Press logo and spouted the same tweets. One could try to make a claim that these accounts are not "disruptive" or "abusive" (and I'd <i>love </i>to watch them make that claim), but there's little doubt On Press Inc's multiple accounts are "overlapping." (@vseawonpress is the <i>only</i> account not suspended at the time of this writing.)

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  182. Now, although I was receiving the same stream of misspellings and misinformation from On Press as the other users posting Shaun Shane's (unattributed) poem, I wasn't seeing any signs of life. I was pretty much convinced it was a bot running multiple accounts. To test that theory, I called out On Press on the false claims directed my way, specifically the assertion that Twitter would delete my account for a single violation. To my surprise, it provoked a very human reaction.</p>

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  186. So, there <i>was</i> a human behind the account, one who handily provided a link to the terms of service that <i>directly contradicted</i> what he had just said. (I've shifted pronouns, but an explanation is on the way.)

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  188. Once I had his/its attention, I pointed out On Press' suspicious behavior -- namely, the multiple suspended accounts linked to its name.</p>

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  192. On Press responded with this blast of angry tweets, stating that <i>Twitter itself</i> generated these accounts for it.</p>

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  198. It shouldn't need to be said, but this claim is completely false. Mike contacted Twitter to ask about whether or not, as On Press claims, it creates thousands of automatically generated accounts for companies with which to harass infringers, and (no surprise) Twitter said there is no truth to this claim.

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  200. I attempted to gather more information, but my overtures were rejected. At one point, an On Press account mentioned it performed this "service" for "other authors" but refused to name any. It also failed to cough up a usable URL that might indicate On Press Inc exists outside of multiple Twitter accounts.

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  202. Shortly thereafter, the accounts went ballistic, showering me with a long list of legal threats.</p>

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  208. This was prompted by its discovery of a tongue-in-cheek review of the <i>only</i> book On Press has for sale, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RVOPTWIHQE9NH/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1467522619&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books" target="_blank">one I had posted earlier that night</a>. (You may notice a second review has suddenly appeared -- from the same person who showed up to criticize my review.)

    209. 

  209. <br /><br />

    210. 

  210. Again, On Press made several dubious claims, including the ridiculous suggestion that Twitter would surrender my IP address to the police on the strength of a fake review <i>posted on an entirely different site</i>. It also seemed to feel that the Feds would be interested simply because I was using a computer.

    211. 

  211. <br /><br />

    212. 

  212. However, he/it wasn't kidding about one thing: "legal prosecution." The morning following this bizarre conversation with On Press (Feb. 8th), Techdirt received a phone call seeking to confirm that I "worked for Techdirt," with the "lawyer" on the phone saying that he wished to serve me with a lawsuit (at Techdirt's headquarters) for "copyright infringement, defamation of character and making false claims."

    213. 

  213. <br /><br />

    214. 

  214. To date, nothing has been filed, despite the voicemail implying the lawsuit was already filed. But here's the great thing about legal threats: nothing being served to this point <i>doesn't</i> mean nothing ever will. The possibility still exists and the potential plaintiff is free to file anytime before the statute of limitations expires. This is likely a bluff, but it carries enough weight to make any future direct interaction with On Press ill advised, to say the least. This leaves him/it free to aggressively pursue those posting the poem without attribution, without worrying that I might ruin the fun by pointing out its false claims.

    215. 

  215. <br /><br />

    216. 

  216. With the threat of a lawsuit still hanging overhead, I'm simply going to present my findings, all backed up with screenshots and/or links, with a minimum of speculative commentary.

    217. 

  217. <br /><br />

    218. 

  218. <b>The On Press Inc. "Network"</b>

    219. 

  219. <br /><br />

    220. 

  220. First off, let's address the "him/it" issue. On Press Inc. seems to exist solely as multiple accounts spanning several social media platforms. Running a search will serve up a few hits on <i>existing</i> businesses with the same name, but I have confirmed that these are unrelated to this bizarre attribution trolling.

    221. 

  221. <br /><br />

    222. 

  222. <b>A Poem Is Nothing</b>

    223. 

  223. <br /><br />

    224. 

  224. Shane's book is print-on-demand. Amazon doesn't list it this way, <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?afn_sr=gan&kn=shaun+shane&lkid=j28638937k118316&pfxid=a_1565288563&pubid=k118316&sortby=17&tn=A+Poem+Is+Nothing" target="_blank">but other booksellers do</a>. So, there's no pile of unsold paperbacks sitting in an On Press warehouse. This may explain why there's so little effort made to provide infringers with a "buy" link during the barrage of tweets and comments.

    225. 

  225. <br /><br />

    226. 

  226. The On Press Twitter horde usually presents two links. One of them leads to this video displaying "proof" that someone (d/b/a On Press, Inc., with no address displayed) holds the copyright to "Tongues Made of Glass." (The other links to the Invisible Children photo.)</p>

    227. 

  227. <center>

    228. 

  228. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GL_BUE-kGyw?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></center>

    229. 

  229. <p>

    230. 

  230. Now, a video like this could be made by literally <i>anyone</i> (with hands) and hardly presents a solid case for On Press' claim to Shaun Shane's poem. None of his work has been registered at the US Copyright office, either by himself or by On Press (or by <i>anyone</i>, actually). This limits any legal liability for infringement to actual proven damages, making the threat of a lawsuit slightly more tolerable.  Also, the claims made at the end of the video, which appear to be a bastardization of the typical "copyright policies" found on sporting events, saying no copies can be made "without written consent of the publisher," overstates the powers given under copyright law in ignoring the possibility of fair use or other exceptions to copyright law.

    231. 

  231. <br /><br />

    232. 

  232. Interestingly, the voice on the "copyright" video sounds nearly identical to Shaun Shane himself. Shane has a very distinctive cadence and tone to his voice, as evidenced by this live performance.</p>

    233. 

  233. <center>

    234. 

  234. <p>

    235. 

  235. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hYmzICCp3mQ?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></p>

    236. 

  236. </center>

    237. 

  237. <p>

    238. 

  238. [Shane's voice also bears heavy, heavy resemblance to that of James Roth ("representing On Press Incorporated"), the caller who contacted Techdirt about serving me with the lawsuit.]

    239. 

  239. <br /><br />

    240. 

  240. So, is On Press simply Shaun Shane, reclusive poet <i>and</i> attribution seeker? He'd certainly be the person most interested in enforcing this. His <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/shaun-shane/biography/" target="_blank">impossibly glowing bio at PoemHunter puts Shane in Schrodinger's Box</a>, theorizing that he's dead ("...<i>had become terminally ill and his re-emergence was to reinforce the ethic of Pure Poetry or Truly Modernist Poetry before his death</i>..."), before theorizing in the opposite direction a few sentences later ("<i>though it is believed, if he is still alive, he lives on the West Coast...</i>") One of the On Press Twitter accounts I dealt with claimed Shane was dead and had willed that his work be used to raise money for various children's charities. (Too bad no one's trying to sell that book...) <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/279997301804738948/" target="_blank">This claim is echoed at Pinterest</a>, where the same sort of attribution-badgering occurs.<br />

    241. 

  241. <br />

    242. 

  242. <b>Mike Miche</b>

    243. 

  243. <br /><br />

    244. 

  244. Whether Mr. Miche is real or simply Shaun using another name remains to be proven. (It does share a Shaun Shane-like bit of alliteration.) <a href="http://pinterest.com/onpress/activity/" target="_blank">Miche patrols Pinterest</a>, sending users who re-pin this photo the same sort of messages as the Twitter accounts do, only without the character limit.

    245. 

  245. <br /><br />

    246. 

  246. Miche also sports the same shaky legal grasp and penchant for baseless threats.</p>

    247. 

  247. <center>

    248. 

  248. <p>

    249. 

  249. <img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/fv15aa7.png" style="width: 499px; height: 338px;" /></p>

    250. 

  250. </center>

    251. 

  251. <p>

    252. 

  252. Here Miche chases down a user (who deleted her tweet) and continues harassing her at her Pinterest account, claiming that people like her using an unattributed quote can "cause untold billions of dollars of lost [sic] for companies who support and publisher [sic] Authors [sic... again] works." Miche also seems to make the claim that she's legally responsible for any retweets (a claim echoed in return by the On Press Twitter accounts).

    253. 

  253. <br /><br />

    254. 

  254. Also of note: <a href="https://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=725583" target="_blank">the single DMCA notice</a> attributed to On Press was issued by Mike Miche. The notice has the sender's name redacted, but a <a href="http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22mike+miche%22+%22on+press%22" target="_blank">duckduckgo search reveals Miche's name in the search results</a>. If this is <i>really</i> Shaun Shane, he's either using false information to file DMCA notices, or Mike Miche is his real name (Shaun Shane is a pseudonym, according to his bio).<br />

    255. 

  255. <br />

    256. 

  256. <b>Alexandria Hopewell</b><br />

    257. 

  257. <br />

    258. 

  258. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000120590417" target="_blank">Hopewell</a> has sent out similar messages to Facebook users, again seeking attribution and using identical wording.</p>

    259. 

  259. <center>

    260. 

  260. <p>

    261. 

  261. <img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/9stbmy5.png" style="width: 418px; height: 590px;" /></p>

    262. 

  262. </center>

    263. 

  263. <p>

    264. 

  264. There are a few differences that might indicate she was just "pitching in" with the attribution push ("This Poem is our copyrighted property your use of it uncredited to him constitutes thief."), but by and large, it resembles missives issued at other platforms. <br />

    265. 

  265. <br />

    266. 

  266. A followup on one post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/soulseeds/posts/185915534888412" target="_blank">switches from "informative" to "pissed off" instantly when challenged</a>, much like my earlier interactions with Shaun/On Press did when I refused to play ball:

    267. 

  267. <blockquote>

    268. 

  268. <i>We send and deal with 1000's of take down notices every day. Hardly do we need your amateurish insight into what constitutes legal and effective enforcement of our Copyright .</i></blockquote>

    269. 

  269. 

    270. 

  270. Hopewell is a <i>real</i> human being, however, and is very definitely <i>not</i> Shaun Shane. She has <a href="https://plus.google.com/102240974978461427677/about" target="_blank">an account at Google+</a>, and her writing there doesn't bear much resemblance to what's posted on Facebook. There is <a href="https://plus.google.com/102240974978461427677/posts/9hVxiTMf4dn" target="_blank">a <i>very</i> interesting interaction on her timeline</a> that indicates "Shaun Shane" is probably alive.</p>

    271. 

  271. <center>

    272. 

  272. <p>

    273. 

  273. <img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/TF191fG.png" style="width: 500px; height: 337px;" /></p>

    274. 

  274. </center>

    275. 

  275. <p>

    276. 

  276. A user named "<a href="https://plus.google.com/106949125235767878026/posts" target="_blank">Sean Seans</a>" refers to himself as "Shaun" and tells her he loves and misses her. And that Sean Seans/Shaun is also busy <a href="https://plus.google.com/106812356268467376471/posts/hFDkzyCBCWn" target="_blank">chasing down wrongdoers</a> posting unattributed poems.</p>

    277. 

  277. <center>

    278. 

  278. <p>

    279. 

  279. <img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/scMKny0.png" style="width: 500px; height: 469px;" /></p>

    280. 

  280. </center>

    281. 

  281. <p>

    282. 

  282. <b>Anne Murphy</b><br />

    283. 

  283. <br />

    284. 

  284. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anne.murphy.90226" target="_blank">Anne Murphy</a> has also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennysookie/posts/525830334113110" target="_blank">made posts on Facebook</a> concerning Shane's poem and seems to be located in Texas (at least judging from the locations of most of her Friends). The wording is almost identical to the Facebook posts by Alexandria Hopewell, suggesting the same author wrote them. She has also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/annemurphy171?feature=watch" target="_blank">uploaded a few videos of Shaun Shane performances to YouTube</a>. (Interestingly, the phone number on the caller ID from the call by "James Roth" to contact Techdirt is registered to Anne Murphy and also to a vegetable farm, the O.P. Murphy Produce Company -- both in Texas.  Also worth noting: there does not appear to be a "James Roth" listed on the Texas state bar.  If whoever called is not, in fact, a lawyer, they might want to familiarize themselves with Texas law <a href="http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/38/38.122" target="_blank">38.122</a> which makes it a felony to impersonate a lawyer.)<br />

    285. 

  285. <br />

    286. 

  286. But that's not all. Shane/On Press also <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+%22on+press+inc%22&oq=tumblr+%22on+press+inc%22&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.5331&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">stalks Tumblr with multiple accounts</a> (some of which are filled with work-from-home scam posts), issuing the now-familiar statements demanding attribution. A search for the terms <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+%22on+press+inc%22&oq=tumblr+%22on+press+inc%22&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.5331&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22shaun+shane%22+%22on+press%22&oq=%22shaun+shane%22+%22on+press%22&gs_l=serp.3..35i39.50581.57432.1.57668.24.24.0.0.0.0.218.3654.0j22j2.24.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.2.serp.tX9sCnpefEY&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42261806,d.aWM&fp=cecfd734039d8d45&biw=902&bih=854" target="_blank">"Shaun Shane" and "On Press"</a> also brings up hits on several other platforms. On Press/Shane is very busy, though (as far as I can see) never seems to direct anyone towards buying the actual book.

    287. 

  287. <br /><br />

    288. 

  288. He has also ramped up the aggression, perhaps as a result of his "successful" legal threat. The On Press Twitter interactions were never pleasant, but the latest ones have a decidedly malevolent tone that's undercut slightly by the sheer number of false claims they contain. It doesn't help that the poem is most frequently tweeted by teens -- a demographic On Press/Shane seems to enjoy hurling threats towards.

    289. 

  289. <br /><br />

    290. 

  290. On Press now threatens to <a href="http://storify.com/TimCushing#stories" target="_blank">contact the police, sue parents and hold teens responsible for any retweets their followers send out</a>. Here's a few choice quotes:

    291. 

  291. <blockquote><i>

    292. 

  292. "know that you can be track by your ip address and that your parents will be the one's who are sued since you are a minor..."

    293. 

  293. <br /><br />

    294. 

  294. "know that the average cost is $4000.00 per instance but that is times the number of follwers you have, or the number people who are exposed to your illegal post..."

    295. 

  295. <br /><br />

    296. 

  296. "...but if you were bright you wouldn't have been stupid enought to tweet the poem in the first place..."

    297. 

  297. <br /><br />

    298. 

  298. "WE don't care if you care. Your account will be terminated that is all that matters to us. We are indifferent to your feelings about it. your just some dumb kid."

    299. 

  299. </i></blockquote>

    300. 

  300. There are some interesting legal theories mixed up in there that we have not seen before.  I particularly like the idea that infringement is multiplied by the number of followers you have.  This would appear to be an entirely novel interpretation (by which I mean "wrong") of <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504" target="_blank">17 USC 504</a>, which has always been clear that the amount of statutory damages paid is <i>per work</i> infringed, not by the number of people who saw the work.

    301. 

  301. <br /><br />

    302. 

  302. So, what's the point? Why should we care? On Press/Shane is just seeking attribution. It's not like he's sending out settlement letters. Well, for starters, this is <i>not</i> how the system is supposed to work. Those concerned about infringement are directed to Twitter's DMCA form, which to date, On Press has used only once. Apparently, this method is much less satisfying than the instant feedback one gets while hounding Twitter users (even going so far as to follow them to other platforms, as Mike Miche [above] did).

    303. 

  303. <br /><br />

    304. 

  304. I'm not pissed off that On Press circumvents a system many rights holders find inefficient. <b>I'm pissed off that On Press deceives people about its relationship with a major publisher, using that as leverage to harass users with a variety of baseless threats</b>. It doesn't help that the users receiving the most abuse are teenagers who did nothing more than post a quote they liked, who are then threatened with arrest and lawsuits against their parents in return.

    305. 

  305. <br /><br />

    306. 

  306. I'm pissed off that <b>On Press is fighting a battle it can't win</b> utilizing bullying tactics. It seems to want respect, but keeps forgetting respect is something you earn -- not something you beat into people. People may start to respect the stick, but they'll never respect the entity wielding it.

    307. 

  307. <br /><br />

    308. 

  308. Furthermore, if I was a rights holder hoping to protect my creations, I'd be pissed off that someone out there is doing serious damage to copyright itself with a scorched earth policy of baseless threats and vindictive bullying. It makes it <i>that much</i> harder to fight infringement when any existing level of respect has been torn down by another's overly aggressive tactics.

    309. 

  309. <br /><br />

    310. 

  310. Finally, if I'm Shaun Shane, and I'm <i>not</i> behind this? <b>I'm fucking furious</b>. Any potential legacy or possibility of expanding my audience has been absolutely <i>destroyed</i> by someone who has used my name to harangue internet users across multiple platforms, utilizing angry missives filled with misspellings, deception, baseless legal threats and a very dangerous misunderstanding of IP law in general.

    311. 

  311. <br /><br />

    312. 

  312. And Shaun, if this is actually you? You're only hurting yourself and your reputation by hammering unwitting Twitter users (among others) for this act of omission. There's nothing wrong with seeking proper attribution. But there are so many methods that work better than this. You can't stop unattributed quotes from flying around the internet. You can't even slow it down.

    313. 

  313. <br /><br />

    314. 

  314. Do you seriously think anyone's going to Google a tweet to make sure it doesn't belong to someone else before retweeting it? Do you really think people are going to Google "Shaun Shane" unless you bring it up first? Pinterest users, right or wrong, aren't going to do a reverse image search before repinning. Sure, it sucks that stuff strays so far from the original creators, but that's the price you pay for unprecedented access to millions of creative works.

    315. 

  315. <br /><br />

    316. 

  316. But the benefits outweigh the negatives. Unprecedented access works both ways. You can connect with potential fans and customers in ways that simply weren't possible 10 years ago. If you're only going to see the worst aspects, you'll never be anything more than a set of empty words and threats, spat endlessly into a void, covered in vitriol and self-righteousness. You've crafted a poem with viral possibilities but you're only interested in slamming every door shut as soon as it opens. This final perspective doesn't make me angry. It just makes me sad. There's so much potential but you're too angry to see it. You, and only you, can turn this around.

    317. 

  317. <br /><br />

    318. 

  318. <b>Additional/supportive links and info.</b><br />

    319. 

  319. <br />

    320. 

  320. <a href="http://storify.com/TimCushing#stories" target="_blank">My Storify account</a>, where I will continue to collect interactions between On Press Inc. and Twitter users.<br />

    321. 

  321. <br />

    322. 

  322. <a href="http://2timegrime.imgur.com/" target="_blank">Album of On Press-related screenshots</a>. (Just in case stuff starts disappearing...)<br />

    323. 

  323. <br />

    324. 

  324. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18I41rRXKOGWiRrFWweGxvMlEktzGwwHZZEUyTperWEs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Doc containing more links and various notes</a>. (Collected evidence, likely a work-in-progress.)

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  392. I  enjoy  the  irony  of  someone  being  a  complete  jerk  regarding  a  quote  about  being  polite  and  civil.<div class="calloutby">&mdash;Anonymous Coward</div>
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  403. <div class="cbody">Are  you  sure  this  isn't  Teri  Buhl?<br />

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  404. <br />

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  405. Ahem.<br />

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  407. Gentleman,  start  your  microwaves.  We'll  need  more  popcorn.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2#addyourcomment" cid="2" subject="" cid="2" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  413. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/17/34/u17348_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>GMacGuffin</b> (<a href="/user/gmacguffin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 8:50am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    414. 

  414. <div class="cbody">Oh,  were  it  so<br />

    415. 

  415. that  Shaun  Shane's<br />

    416. 

  416. tongue  be<br />

    417. 

  417. made  of  glass.<br />

    418. 

  418. <br />

    419. 

  419. -  a  poem  by  GMacGuffin<br />

    420. 

  420. (You  may  not  quote  the  above  <i> sans</i>  attribution  without  subjecting  yourself  to  a  maelstrom  of  obtuse  bullshit.)<br />

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  422. (And  Shaun/OnPress/Roth:  Minors  can  be  sued,  and  parents  are  generally  not  liable  for  their  children's  acts.    Go  off  the  Lithium  for  a  few  days  and  you  should  be  able  to  talk  to  your  lawyer  directly  about  that.)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=11#addyourcomment" cid="11" subject="" cid="11" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_11" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c11">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c11">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  428. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/24/u2427_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Dark Helmet</b> (<a href="/user/ronalddumsfeld">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:06am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    429. 

  429. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Agreed.    Cush  did  an  AMAZING  job  with  this.    I  sense  one  hell  of  an  internet  shitstorm  coming  for  On  Press....</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=20#addyourcomment" cid="20" subject="Re:" cid="20" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_20" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c20">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c20">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  435. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1632ba141f94a83224b091d494b474ac?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:10am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    436. 

  436. <div class="cbody">"If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,<br />

    437. 

  437. it  would  be  way,  wayyy  too  hard  to  call  Shaun  Shane  a  raging,  syphilitic  dickweasel.    And  wouldn't  that  just  be  a  damned  shame?"<br />

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  439. -Anonymous  Coward  (c)2013  ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED  DO  NOT  STEAL!!!!111111</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=24#addyourcomment" cid="24" subject="" cid="24" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_24" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c24">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c24">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    446. 

  446. <div class="cbody">Tim  Cushing:    "You're  full  of  shit"<br />

    447. 

  447. <br />

    448. 

  448. This  is  the  best  part.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=48#addyourcomment" cid="48" subject="" cid="48" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_48" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c48">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c48">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    455. 

  455. <div class="cbody">I  enjoy  the  irony  of  someone  being  a  complete  jerk  regarding  a  quote  about  being  polite  and  civil.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=66#addyourcomment" cid="66" subject="" cid="66" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_66" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c66">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c66">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  462. <div class="cbody">If  this  insanity  is  happening  at  the  hands  of  this  "poet,"  he's  got  far  too  much  time  on  his  hands  and  his  complex  needs  serious  medication.<br />

    463. 

  463. <br />

    464. 

  464. From  the  looks  of  the  first  Twitter  screencap,  I'd  say  the  account  was  blocked  and  reported  enough  times  for  their  software  to  suspend  it.  I  *hate*  using  the  process  but  have  seen  many  Twitters  banned  because  of  report  abuse.  To  be  silenced  in  less  than  70  is  quite  a  fete.<br />

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  466. Let's  just  hope  bill  collectors  and  telemarketers  don't  discover  this  method.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=77#addyourcomment" cid="77" subject="" cid="77" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_77" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c77">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c77">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    473. 

  473. <div class="cbody">Wow...  just  wow.<br />

    474. 

  474. The  internet  gives  crazy  a  stage,  and  people  seem  to  have  no  understanding  that  their  little  tantrums  have  a  world  wide  audience.<br />

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  476. All  I  can  say  is  a  phrase  I  learned  over  at  Boingboing...<br />

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  478. Christ  what  an  asshole.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=87#addyourcomment" cid="87" subject="" cid="87" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_87" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c87">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c87">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    485. 

  485. <h3 class="commentsubject">Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">You  have  a  threat  of  a  libel  suit  from  a  frivolous  troll!!!  That's  great!  You  can  file  for  Declaratory  Relief  and  drag  this  punk  into  court.  Given  that  this  is  obviously  a  First  Amendment  issue,  perhaps  you  could  get  Ken  @  popehat  or  Marc  Randazza  to  send  up  the  bat  signal  and  find  you  some  free  counsel.  <br /> 

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  493. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:38am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    494. 

  494. <div class="cbody">If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=122#addyourcomment" cid="122" subject="" cid="122" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_122" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c122">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c122">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    495. 

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  500. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fa27e1ada0516b820d19125b3cbb636a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Glen</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:40am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    501. 

  501. <div class="cbody">Wow...    This  has  the  makings  of  "Article  of  the  Year".</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=132#addyourcomment" cid="132" subject="" cid="132" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_132" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c132">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c132">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    502. 

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  507. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:40am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    508. 

  508. <div class="cbody">Shame  Shame  Shaun  Shane.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=137#addyourcomment" cid="137" subject="" cid="137" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_137" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c137">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c137">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  514. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>DannyB</b> (<a href="/user/dannyb">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:40am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    515. 

  515. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">&gt;  Anonymous  Coward  (c)2013  ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED  DO  NOT  STEAL!!!!111111<br />

    516. 

  516. <br />

    517. 

  517. The  correct  order  is:<br />

    518. 

  518. 1.  Either  the  word  "copyright"  and/or  the  Circle-C  symbol  Š<br />

    519. 

  519. 2.  The  year  of  first  publication.<br />

    520. 

  520. 3.  The  name  of  the  copyright  owner<br />

    521. 

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    522. 

  522. The  use  of  "All  rights  reserved"  may  afford  some  additional  protection  in  some  countries.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=154#addyourcomment" cid="154" subject="Re:" cid="154" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_154" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c154">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c154">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  528. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5699f4c2dec1c1426e5eacc7a6b3a30f?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Cybersteel</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:40am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    529. 

  529. <div class="cbody">This  kinda  looks  entertaining,  for  a  single  person  alone  on  Valentine's  Day.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=179#addyourcomment" cid="179" subject="" cid="179" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_179" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c179">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c179">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  535. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>DannyB</b> (<a href="/user/dannyb">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:43am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    536. 

  536. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Oh,  I  didn't  say  anything  about  the  DO  NOT  STEAL!!!!111111  part.<br />

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    538. 

  538. I  don't  remember  them  saying  anything  about  the  DO  NOT  STEAL  notice  when,  as  a  software  developer,  I  (we,  my  group)  got  a  mini  crash  course  on  copyright  in  about  1989.    Maybe  it  was  1990?    From  the  company  lawyers.    Long  before  the  web  and  mp3s.<br />

    539. 

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    540. 

  540. But  as  for  "all  rights  reserved",  I  prefer  it  be  spelled  "all  rights  reversed".</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=198#addyourcomment" cid="198" subject="Re: Re:" cid="198" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_198" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c198">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c198">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    547. 

  547. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">Could  Shaun/Mike  get  Bret  Gibbs  as  his  defense  counsel?<br />

    548. 

  548. <br />

    549. 

  549. Could  Gibbs  practice  law,  even  while  incarcerated?<br />

    550. 

  550. <br />

    551. 

  551. Could  Gibbs  use  incarceration  of  counsel  as  the  basis  of  a  motion  to  delay  the  case?    (I  would  love  to  see  how  that  would  fly  with  a  judge.)<br />

    552. 

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    553. 

  553. Even  if  disbarred,  should  not  being  a  member  of  the  bar  stop  Gibbs  from  practicing  law?    It  didn't  appear  to  stop  Steel.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=213#addyourcomment" cid="213" subject="Re: Declaratory Relief" cid="213" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_213" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c213">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c213">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  559. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>DannyB</b> (<a href="/user/dannyb">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:49am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    560. 

  560. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">If  only  our  DMCAs  were  made  of  perjury,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  tweet.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=223#addyourcomment" cid="223" subject="Re:" cid="223" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_223" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c223">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c223">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  566. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4f963cb960997cc4db784ddf5c76b8e1?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:51am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    567. 

  567. <div class="cbody">Time  to  go  patent  being  a  dumbass....<br />

    568. 

  568. <br />

    569. 

  569. <br />

    570. 

  570. ...wait  for  it....<br />

    571. 

  571. <br />

    572. 

  572. <br />

    573. 

  573. ...on  the  internet!<br />

    574. 

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    575. 

  575. <br />

    576. 

  576. You  know  it  will  work  then.  After  that  we'll  have  legal  recourse  to  threaten  all  of  these  people  with  a  bogus  patent.  Popcorn  farmers/vendors  beware!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=246#addyourcomment" cid="246" subject="" cid="246" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_246" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c246">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c246">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  583. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c7bf7615782bf4aad932a64aec7e2419?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>bob</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:54am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    584. 

  584. <h3 class="commentsubject">Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">The  anti-artist  tilt  of  this  blog  is  amazing.  So  many  paragraphs  about  something  so  simple.  In  the  past,  this  blog  said  we  should  all  learn  to  love  piracy  because  it  would  bring  the  artist  more  publicity.  The  artist  would  then  be  able  to  trade  this  for  more  book  sales  or  concert  ticket  sales  or  something  else.  <br /> 

    585. 

  585. <br />

    586. 

  586. But  now,  when  faced  with  the  potential  to  say  something  on  behalf  of  the  artist  to  defend  this  pro-publicity  gambit,  you  don't  hesitate  to  go  negative  on  the  artists.  Whammo.  Even  asking  for  attribution  is  being  greedy  and  selfish.<br />

    587. 

  587. <br />

    588. 

  588. And  yet  there  you  were  grousing  and  complaining  when  Slashdot  was  grabbing  your  stories  without  attribution.  Sheesh.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=261#addyourcomment" cid="261" subject="Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="261" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_261" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c261">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c261">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  594. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/62/u6212_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>crade</b> (<a href="/user/crade">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:55am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    595. 

  595. <div class="cbody">Sheesh,  what  a  psycho.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=269#addyourcomment" cid="269" subject="" cid="269" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_269" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c269">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c269">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  601. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/40/u4075_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Ben</b> (<a href="/user/benash1977">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:56am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
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  602. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">This  comment  on  a  post  which  touches  on  someone  having  multiple  online  personalities  defending  each  other?  How  deliciously  ironic  :o)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=287#addyourcomment" cid="287" subject="Re: Re:" cid="287" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_287" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c287">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c287">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    609. 

  609. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">You  know  bob,  your  post  is  a  damn  letdown  after  such  a  masterpiece  such  as  this  article.    You  need  to  step  your  game  up.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=307#addyourcomment" cid="307" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="307" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_307" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c307">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c307">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  615. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/40/u4075_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Ben</b> (<a href="/user/benash1977">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:01am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    616. 

  616. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">1)  Be  a  dumbass  on  the  internet<br />

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  617. 2)  ?<br />

    618. 

  618. 3)  Profit!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=311#addyourcomment" cid="311" subject="Re:" cid="311" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_311" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c311">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c311">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  624. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4c9770975554bfb54a8bd73eac3336ed?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Magical Mimi</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:01am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    625. 

  625. <div class="cbody">Is  it  wrong  that  I  now  think  that  everyone  who  reads  this  blog  should  basically  C&amp;P  that  poem  onto  our  Facebook,  Google+,  Twitter,  etc  accounts  and  see  if  we  can  over  load  these  idiots.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=312#addyourcomment" cid="312" subject="" cid="312" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_312" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c312">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c312">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    626. 

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  631. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/df5008ce2d48dc2b4b2e2e7da8f5f214?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:02am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    632. 

  632. <div class="cbody">What  a  sad  little  man.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=337#addyourcomment" cid="337" subject="" cid="337" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_337" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c337">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c337">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  638. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/62/u6212_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>crade</b> (<a href="/user/crade">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:03am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    639. 

  639. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: perspective</h3><div class="cbody">Dangerous  psychopath  preying  on  children  takes  priority  over  artist  getting  exposure.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=350#addyourcomment" cid="350" subject="Re: perspective" cid="350" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_350" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c350">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c350">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  645. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1632ba141f94a83224b091d494b474ac?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:04am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    646. 

  646. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">"If  only  Bob's  tongue  were  made  of  glass....crap,  I  guess  they'd  still  be  able  to  post  inane  comments  that  completely  miss  the  point.    I  guess  we  should  hope  for  Bob  to  get  hands  of  glass  instead."<br />

    647. 

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    648. 

  648. -Anonymous  Coward,  Copyright  [Circle-C  symbol]  2013  ALL  RIGHTS  REVERSED  if  you  STEAL  THIS  POEM  you  are  a  BAD  PERSON  and  I'll  call  the  INTERNET  POLICE  on  you!!!!!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=353#addyourcomment" cid="353" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="353" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_353" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c353">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c353">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  654. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/02875737982bdd2b701f0a1ad4374035?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eykal</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:04am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    655. 

  655. <div class="cbody">So...basically,  someone's  being  an  idiot  and  shooting  off  their  mouth  and  making  a  variety  of  threats  because  people  posted  a  poem  about  not  shooting  off  your  mouth?<br />

    656. 

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  657. I  think  that  deserves  some  sort  of  award  for  services  to  irony.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=371#addyourcomment" cid="371" subject="" cid="371" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_371" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c371">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c371">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  663. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeaverJuicer</b> (<a href="/user/beaverjuicer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:05am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    664. 

  664. <div class="cbody">This  is  a  script...  Got  the  same  response  within  30  seconds  of  tweeting  this.  Another  boilerplate  "we  do  this  all  the  time"  response  to  my  good  luck.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=384#addyourcomment" cid="384" subject="" cid="384" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_384" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c384">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c384">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    671. 

  671. <h3 class="commentsubject">Bill Collectors & Telemarketers</h3><div class="cbody">"...Let's  just  hope  bill  collectors  and  telemarketers  don't  discover  this  method."<br />

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  673. ShellMG:  Much  Thanks  for  this  invaluable  suggestion!    Happy  Valentine's  Day!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=394#addyourcomment" cid="394" subject="Bill Collectors &amp; Telemarketers" cid="394" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_394" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c394">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c394">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  679. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/21/75/u21757_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>aethercowboy</b> (<a href="/user/aethercowboy">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:07am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
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  680. <div class="cbody">"If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  placed  our  feet  in  our  mouths."</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=416#addyourcomment" cid="416" subject="" cid="416" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_416" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c416">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c416">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    687. 

  687. <h3 class="commentsubject">Dear Sean,</h3><div class="cbody">Instead  of  being  polite  and  nicely  introducing  yourself  to  those  that  quoted  you,  and  thus  potentially  gaining  fans,  you  chose  to  attack  an  threaten.      You  have  pretty  much  guaranteed  that  those  people,  and  now  many  others  will  never  think  to  purchase  anything  you  are  involved  with.      You  should  look  into  the  quote  "if  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak,"  and  try  to  figure  out  what  the  author  meant  by  it.<br />

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  688. Sincerely,<br />

    689. 

  689. The  World</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=434#addyourcomment" cid="434" subject="Dear Sean," cid="434" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_434" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c434">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c434">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  696. <h3 class="commentsubject">sincerest form of flattery</h3><div class="cbody">methinks  this  will  beget  a  parody  twitter  account  or  two...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=435#addyourcomment" cid="435" subject="sincerest form of flattery" cid="435" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_435" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c435">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c435">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  703. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">Ann  again,  you  can  read  the  words  on  the  screen  but  cannot  process  the  meaning.<br />

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  705. From  the  article  -  "There's  nothing  wrong  with  seeking  proper  attribution.  But  there  are  so  many  methods  that  work  better  than  this"<br />

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  707. the  issue  the  article  raises  is  the  tact  and  method  used  to  get  the  attribution.    Stating  blatant  lies  about  copyright  law,  Twitters  TOS,  who  they  are  associated  and  many  other  methods  harm  the  reputation  of  the  author,  and  possibly  kill  any  future  associations  other  authors  or  publishers  would  be  willing  to  have  with  him.    <br /> 

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  709. Had  he  gone  around  sending  a  message  to  the  twitter  users  who  posted  the  quote,  thanking  them  for  spreading  there  work  but  asking  to  be  attributed,  they  probably  would  have  gotten  a  much  more  favorable  result.    For  example,  the  story  from  yesterday  where  the  developer  reached  out  those  who  posted  their  game  on  TPB.  <a> <a href='http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130212/10325521952/game-developer-connects-with-pirates-sees-massive-support-deletion-torrents.shtml' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130212/10325521952/game-developer-connects-with-pirates-sees-mass ive-support-deletion-torrents.shtml</a></a>,</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=454#addyourcomment" cid="454" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="454" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_454" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c454">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c454">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  715. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/49cfed58b6aa6f5e7e818ab2e30541da?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Gee</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:12am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    716. 

  716. <div class="cbody">This,  Shaun  Shane  /  Sean  Insane,  guy  need  his  tongue  made  of  glass,  cause  he  doesn't  know  when  to  shut  the  hell  up.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=477#addyourcomment" cid="477" subject="" cid="477" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_477" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c477">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c477">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    717. 

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  722. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fbe645c5e4395ff5e077d5a0f3078093?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.upstartprojects.net">Colin</a>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:12am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    723. 

  723. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">You're  right,  because  this  story  isn't  about  the  approach  that  On  Press  is  taking  at  all.    Oh  wait...<br />

    724. 

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    725. 

  725. <i>There's  nothing  wrong  with  seeking  proper  attribution.  But  there  are  so  many  methods  that  work  better  than  this.</i><br />

    726. 

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    727. 

  727. It's  a  lot  of  reading  to  get  to  that  part,  so  I  understand  that  you  needed  a  little  rest  before  you  got  that  far.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=493#addyourcomment" cid="493" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="493" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_493" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c493">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c493">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  733. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d985eeab750f784fcf2c6d61b6595bbc?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:13am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    734. 

  734. <div class="cbody">It  seems  that  Shaun  Shane  has  dropped  the  written  poem  art  and  has  taken  up  "performance  art"...  Artists  with  no  decency  or  moral,  their  longing  for  having  a  tongue  made  of  glass.  What  a  tragedy,  what  a  comedy,  what  a  selfparody...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=507#addyourcomment" cid="507" subject="" cid="507" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_507" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c507">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c507">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    735. 

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  740. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fa27e1ada0516b820d19125b3cbb636a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Glen</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:14am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    741. 

  741. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: sincerest form of flattery</h3><div class="cbody">...and  the  appropriate  meltdown.    (We  all  hope).</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=528#addyourcomment" cid="528" subject="Re: sincerest form of flattery" cid="528" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_528" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c528">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c528">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    742. 

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  747. <div class="awins" title="This comment has been deemed insightful by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Matthew Cline</b> (<a href="/user/khymchanur">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:16am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    748. 

  748. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody"><blockquote> But  now,  when  faced  with  the  potential  to  say  something  on  behalf  of  the  artist  to  defend  this  pro-publicity  gambit,  you  don't  hesitate  to  go  negative  on  the  artists.  Whammo.  Even  asking  for  attribution  is  being  greedy  and  selfish.</blockquote>But  the  artist  didn't  merely  <i> ask</i>.    If  he'd  just  asked  for  attribution,  I  doubt  that  Tim  would  have  cared.    Instead,  he:<br />

    749. 

  749. <br />

    750. 

  750. 1)  Started  out  with  a  threat  of  lawsuit.<br />

    751. 

  751. <br />

    752. 

  752. 2)  Threatened  to  get  their  Twitter  account  yanked  (which  meant  he  was  either  lying,  or  hadn't  bothered  to  read  Twitter's  ToS).<br />

    753. 

  753. <br />

    754. 

  754. 3)  Lied  about  being  a  part  of    Knopf  Publishing.<br />

    755. 

  755. <br />

    756. 

  756. 4)  Lied  about  Twitter  setting  up  multiple  accounts  for  him.<blockquote>And  yet  there  you  were  grousing  and  complaining  when  Slashdot  was  grabbing  your  stories  without  attribution.  Sheesh.</blockquote>Did  he  threaten  to  sue  Slashdot,  or  threaten  to  get  their  ISP  to  yank  their  connection?    If  not,  I  don't  see  how  they're  comparable.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=548#addyourcomment" cid="548" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="548" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_548" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c548">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c548">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    757. 

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  762. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/39/u3943_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Zos</b> (<a href="/user/zos">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:17am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    763. 

  763. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">^  yeah  pretty  much  that.<br />

    764. 

  764. <br />

    765. 

  765. Thanks  for  bringing  this  fresh  asshat  to  sunlight,  so  that  we  can  track  him  down  and  make  of  him  an  internet  superstar  :).</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=572#addyourcomment" cid="572" subject="Re:" cid="572" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_572" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c572">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c572">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    766. 

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  771. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d4cd4c18469b71d96ee3eb375284326b?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://smokebubbles.wordpress.com">joelmbenge</a>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:18am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    772. 

  772. <h3 class="commentsubject">Sounds an AWFUL lot like my poem.</h3><div class="cbody">"How  much  more  careful  would  we  speak  with  our  tongues,  if  only  they  were  made  of  glass?"</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=597#addyourcomment" cid="597" subject="Sounds an AWFUL lot like my poem." cid="597" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_597" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c597">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c597">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  778. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/241629f99befcf155fa1734c4e3bcaee?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://dan.tobias.name/">Dan Tobias</a>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:18am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    779. 

  779. <h3 class="commentsubject">Knopf Publishing</h3><div class="cbody">Knopf  Publishing  should  have  an  easy  case  against  this  jerk  for  passing  him/her/themselves  off  as  an  imprint  of  that  publisher  when  they  aren't.  I  hope  they  sue  and  get  millions  of  dollars  in  punitive  damages  awarded  against  them.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=614#addyourcomment" cid="614" subject="Knopf Publishing" cid="614" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_614" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c614">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c614">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    786. 

  786. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">I  bet  Alan  Cooper  is  involved.    As  is  John  Steele.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=620#addyourcomment" cid="620" subject="Re: Re: Re:" cid="620" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_620" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c620">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c620">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    787. 

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  792. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>dennis deems</b> (<a href="/user/darin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:26am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    793. 

  793. <div class="cbody">If  only  your  tweets  were  made  of  lead,  I'd  let  them  fall  one  by  one  upon  your  head.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=625#addyourcomment" cid="625" subject="" cid="625" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_625" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c625">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c625">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  799. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3076e3ccb0334ccaa8c51163b6d28d7a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Simon</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:27am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    800. 

  800. <div class="cbody">Ugh,  that  On  Press  tweeter  sounds  like  a  14  year  old  brat.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=633#addyourcomment" cid="633" subject="" cid="633" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_633" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c633">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c633">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  806. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/70bf7d09b7d4384778053c42c8be3599?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:27am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    807. 

  807. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">"The  anti-artist  tilt  of  this  blog  is  amazing."<br />

    808. 

  808. <br />

    809. 

  809. This  isn't  an  anti-artists  article,  not  even  remotely.  This  is  about  someone  going  apeshit  on  Twitter  (and  various  other  websites)  and  resorting  to  making  legal  threats  that  have  no  basis  in  any  current  laws,  all  while  committing  what  is  essentially  fraud.  (Lest  you  overlook  the  Knopf  Publishing  factor,  which  they're  claiming  to  be  a  part  of.)<br />

    810. 

  810. <br />

    811. 

  811. "So  many  paragraphs  about  something  so  simple."<br />

    812. 

  812. <br />

    813. 

  813. Well  when  you  boil  it  down  completely...  sure.  But  it  is  anything  but  simple,  which  the  article  (had  you  bothered  to  read  it,  but  which  you  likely  didn't)  goes  into  depth  pointing  out  and  discussing  further.  Ranging  from  how  it  began,  to  where  it  went  and  likely  will  go.  <br /> 

    814. 

  814. <br />

    815. 

  815. "In  the  past,  this  blog  said  we  should  all  learn  to  love  piracy  because  it  would  bring  the  artist  more  publicity."<br />

    816. 

  816. <br />

    817. 

  817. Never  has  that  been  said  on  this  blog.  What  has  been  said  is  that  wasting  time  fighting  piracy  is  a  never  ending  endeavor  in  futility,  which  is  time  that  could  be  better  spent  doing  something  more  fruitful.  Like  connecting  with  fans,  creating  and/or  offering  products  that  can't  be  pirated,  etc.<br />

    818. 

  818. <br />

    819. 

  819. "The  artist  would  then  be  able  to  trade  this  for  more  book  sales  or  concert  ticket  sales  or  something  else."<br />

    820. 

  820. <br />

    821. 

  821. Uh,  no.  The  artists  COULD  potentially  ignore  the  futility  of  fighting  piracy  and  do  something  like  I  posted  above,  which  would  THEN  POTENTIALLY  transform  into  further  sales  of  their  product.  But  it's  not  at  all  the  way  you  stated  it  to  be.  My  way  more  accurately  reflects  what  is  advocated  for  on  this  site.<br />

    822. 

  822. <br />

    823. 

  823. "But  now,  when  faced  with  the  potential  to  say  something  on  behalf  of  the  artist  to  defend  this  pro-publicity  gambit,  you  don't  hesitate  to  go  negative  on  the  artists."<br />

    824. 

  824. <br />

    825. 

  825. No  one  is  getting  negative  on  the  artist.  You  really  need  to  practice  reading  comprehension.  <br /> 

    826. 

  826. <br />

    827. 

  827. A  situation  has  come  to  light,  one  in  which  an  artist  himself  may  be  engaging  in  not  only  legal  bully  but  potentially  fraud  (because  I  am  a  Texan  and  it  is  relatively  common  knowledge  that  presenting  yourself  as  an  attorney  when  you  are  not  is  a  serious  offense  here).  <br /> 

    828. 

  828. <br />

    829. 

  829. What  is  relevant  to  this  website,  which  you  obviously  have  no  clue  about,  is  that  if  it  is  the  artist  who  is  creating  these  abusive  and  fraudulent  (lest  we  ignore  the  Knopf  bit  again,  which  you  obviously  did),  is  that  should  Shane  be  the  one  doing  this  legal  as  well  as  general  bullying  (in  the  form  of  insulting  people  online)  he  is  going  about  things  in  a  most  harmful  manner  to  himself  as  an  artist.  <br /> 

    830. 

  830. <br />

    831. 

  831. If  it  is  him  doing  all  this,  which  we  aren't  sure  it  is,  he  could  have  merely  created  a  Twitter  account  of  his  own  (as  himself)  and  politely  asked  people  to  attribute  the  specific  quoted  poem  to  him,  as  he's  the  one  who  wrote  it.  Most  gladly  would.  Many  people  love  poetry  and  stories,  but  sometimes  it's  hard  to  find  out  who  wrote  them.  So  they  don't  attribute  them  to  anyone  or  put  "Unknown".  Shane  could  easily  have  corrected  this  innocent  oversight  and  potentially  made  a  few  fans,  firstly  by  letting  people  know  who  he  was  to  begin  with  and  secondly  by  being  cool  about  it.  As  in,  "Hey,  see  you  quoted  that  bit  up  there.  Just  so  you  know,  I  wrote  that.  I've  got  some  other  stuff  you  might  be  interested  in  if  you  liked  that,  feel  free  to  check  it  out.  Thanks!  Have  an  awesome  day!"  Simple  as  that.  (Maybe  not  so  simple,  since  Twitter  has  a  160  character  limit,  but  you  get  my  point.<br />

    832. 

  832. <br />

    833. 

  833. "Whammo."<br />

    834. 

  834. <br />

    835. 

  835. Ah  yes,  the  infamous  I  don't  have  a  point  so  I'll  make  a  one  word  declarative  (and  irrelevant)  statement  giving  the  false  impression  of  any  point  up  to  this  point  having  not  been  actually  made.<br />

    836. 

  836. <br />

    837. 

  837. "Even  asking  for  attribution  is  being  greedy  and  selfish."<br />

    838. 

  838. <br />

    839. 

  839. I  guess  you  missed  the  entire  article  where  the  artist  himself  has  not  actually  asked  for  attribution,  but  instead  resorted  to  legal  bullying  to  have  people  take  down  the  content.  Keep  in  mind,  he  could  have  simply  asked  for  attribution,  assuming  he  is  the  one  doing  this,  but  instead  he's  making  demands  that  people  remove  the  content  and  spreading  lies  and  misinformation  about  Twitter,  copyright  law,  etc.<br />

    840. 

  840. <br />

    841. 

  841. So  no,  he  didn't  ask  for  attribution.  As  such  he  can't  be  considered  greedy  and  selfish  for  doing  so.  And  in  point  of  fact,  he  wouldn't  be  even  if  he  did  ask  for  that,  as  no  one  would  think  it  greedy  or  selfish  to  be  acknowledged.<br />

    842. 

  842. <br />

    843. 

  843. "And  yet  there  you  were  grousing  and  complaining  when  Slashdot  was  grabbing  your  stories  without  attribution."<br />

    844. 

  844. <br />

    845. 

  845. Techdirt  has  routinely  stated  people  can  do  what  they  want  with  the  articles  here.  Copy/paste  them  entirely  elsewhere.  At  the  end  of  the  day,  it'll  drive  traffic  up  here  when  people  find  them  (through  Big  Search/Google...  GASP!!!)  and  end  up  back  here.<br />

    846. 

  846. <br />

    847. 

  847. Mike  himself  has  stated  this  on  more  than  one  occasion,  but  of  course  you'd  have  to  actually  pay  attention  to  what  is  being  said  to  get  that.  As  opposed  to  skimming  things  and  then  misinterpreting  the  few  key  words  you  look  for  and  responding  to  that.<br />

    848. 

  848. <br />

    849. 

  849. "Sheesh."<br />

    850. 

  850. <br />

    851. 

  851. That's  exactly  the  word  that  pops  into  my  head  every  time  you  post  and  every  time  I  personally  shred  your  comments  to  pieces  line  by  line.  <br /> 

    852. 

  852. <br />

    853. 

  853. It's  like  you  don't  learn  that  you're  beyond  retarded  and  some  of  us  are  more  intelligent  and  going  to  debunk  everything  you  say  from  the  moment  we  see  it.<br />

    854. 

  854. <br />

    855. 

  855. Sheesh.  Go  to  a  library.  Make  use  of  Google.  But  seriously,  get  a  fucking  clue.  You've  been  around  long  enough  and  I've  said  it  enough  times  to  you  that  you'd  think  by  now  you'd  use  that  thing  between  your  ears  (your  brain)  and  try  and  learn  something  before  posting  pendejadas.  ("Pendejadas"  for  those  who  don't  speak  Spanish  is  basically,  "stupid,  retarded  nonsense/bullshit".  It's  a  way  of  saying  that  someone  is  saying  or  writing  such  stupidity  that  it's  hard  to  believe  and  doesn't  need  more  than  one  word,  in  Spanish,  to  describe  what's  being  said/written.)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=646#addyourcomment" cid="646" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="646" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_646" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c646">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c646">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    856. 

  856. </p>
    857. 

  857. </div>
    858. 

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    859. 

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    860. 

  860. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_668">&nbsp;</div>
    861. 

  861. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/22/u2264_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>btr1701</b> (<a href="/user/btr1701">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:28am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    862. 

  862. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">&gt;  This  is  a  script...  Got  the  same  response<br />

    863. 

  863. &gt;  within  30  seconds  of  tweeting  this.  <br /> 

    864. 

  864. <br />

    865. 

  865. I  didn't  get  one  when  I  tweeted  it!  Not  even  the  trolls  want  to  play  with  me.  I'm  so  lonely...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=668#addyourcomment" cid="668" subject="Re:" cid="668" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_668" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c668">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c668">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    866. 

  866. </p>
    867. 

  867. </div>
    868. 

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    869. 

  869. <div id="cc674" class="stdcomment">
    870. 

  870. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_674">&nbsp;</div>
    871. 

  871. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d1309fa89e4b4a58916021567991b8f1?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Androgynous Cowherd</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:32am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    872. 

  872. <h3 class="commentsubject">So, what you're saying is...</h3><div class="cbody"><blockquote> <i> If  you're  only  going  to  see  the  worst  aspects,  you'll  never  be  anything  more  than  a  set  of  empty  words  and  threats,  spat  endlessly  into  a  void,  covered  in  vitriol  and  self-righteousness.</i></blockquote><br />

    873. 

  873. <br />

    874. 

  874. So,  what  you're  saying  is  that  On  Press's  tweets  are  a  tale  told  by  an  idiot,  full  of  sound  and  fury,  signifying  nothing?  ;)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=674#addyourcomment" cid="674" subject="So, what you're saying is..." cid="674" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_674" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c674">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c674">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    875. 

  875. </p>
    876. 

  876. </div>
    877. 

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    878. 

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    879. 

  879. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_677">&nbsp;</div>
    880. 

  880. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/u5_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Mike Masnick</b> (<a href="/user/mmasnick">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:33am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    881. 

  881. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody"><i> I  didn't  get  one  when  I  tweeted  it!  Not  even  the  trolls  want  to  play  with  me.  I'm  so  lonely...<br />

    882. 

  882. </i><br />

    883. 

  883. <br />

    884. 

  884. Actually...  I  think  you  did,  but  it  seems  that  Twitter  has  suspended  a  bunch  of  his  accounts.    I  did  a  quick  Twitter  search  a  little  while  ago  and  was  pretty  sure  I  saw  responses  from  one  of  the  On  Press  accounts  to  your  account</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=677#addyourcomment" cid="677" subject="Re: Re:" cid="677" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_677" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c677">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c677">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    885. 

  885. </p>
    886. 

  886. </div>
    887. 

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    888. 

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    889. 

  889. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_691">&nbsp;</div>
    890. 

  890. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/246a1c61b66f03bf2e9f67732fa68716?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:38am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    891. 

  891. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">Bob,  please  learn  how  to  read.  It  is  a  useful  skill  to  have  in  modern  society.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=691#addyourcomment" cid="691" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="691" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_691" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c691">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c691">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    892. 

  892. </p>
    893. 

  893. </div>
    894. 

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    895. 

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    896. 

  896. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_702">&nbsp;</div>
    897. 

  897. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/22/u2264_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>btr1701</b> (<a href="/user/btr1701">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:42am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    898. 

  898. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Huh,  well  it's  not  showing  up  in  my  feed  in  any  event.  Must  have  been  from  one  of  the  suspended  accounts.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=702#addyourcomment" cid="702" subject="Re: Re: Re:" cid="702" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_702" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c702">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c702">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    899. 

  899. </p>
    900. 

  900. </div>
    901. 

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    902. 

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    903. 

  903. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_718">&nbsp;</div>
    904. 

  904. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/06cf5e52a682e0b6403bd079de0edf4b?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:43am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    905. 

  905. <div class="cbody">If  our  tongues  were  made  of  Glass  Life  would  suck  as  nothing  would  taste  good.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=718#addyourcomment" cid="718" subject="" cid="718" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_718" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c718">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c718">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    906. 

  906. </p>
    907. 

  907. </div>
    908. 

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    909. 

  909. <div id="cc742" class="stdcomment">
    910. 

  910. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_742">&nbsp;</div>
    911. 

  911. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7a2e122fb46b7ff76555479fa370f3e2?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>coward (anon)</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:43am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    912. 

  912. <h3 class="commentsubject">Preemptive counter suit</h3><div class="cbody">I  think  a  preemptive  counter  suit  for  misrepresentation,  fraud,  libel,  harassment  and  stalking  is  in  order.<br />

    913. 

  913. <br />

    914. 

  914. Just  for  fun,  I'm  going  to  start  offering  actual  tongues  of  glass  on  my  etsy  page  tonight.  Maybe  I  can  get  ThinkGeek  to  pick  them  up.  I'll  help  make  Shaun  famous  whether  he  wants  it  or  not!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=742#addyourcomment" cid="742" subject="Preemptive counter suit" cid="742" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_742" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c742">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c742">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    915. 

  915. </p>
    916. 

  916. </div>
    917. 

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    918. 

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    919. 

  919. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_743">&nbsp;</div>
    920. 

  920. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:54am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    921. 

  921. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">All  the  accounts  mentioned  in  this  article  are  now  suspended.  I  took  the  liberty  of  posting  the  poem  and  got  a  reply  too,  but  without  threats.  Maybe  he's  learning?  :)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=743#addyourcomment" cid="743" subject="Re: Re: Re:" cid="743" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_743" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c743">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c743">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    922. 

  922. </p>
    923. 

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    924. 

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    925. 

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    926. 

  926. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_746">&nbsp;</div>
    927. 

  927. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a04a46148534367ce8762b069ab45e9a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:57am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    928. 

  928. <div class="cbody">Wouldn't  it  be  more  interesting  if  this  was  plagiarized  from  an  18th  century  poem  say  from  a  German  Author  and  say  the  text  of  which  would  look  maybe  something  like  "Wenn  nur  unsere  Zungen  aus  Glas  wurden,  wie  viel  vorsichtiger  wären  wir,  wenn  wir  sprechen"</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=746#addyourcomment" cid="746" subject="" cid="746" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_746" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c746">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c746">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  934. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:00pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    935. 

  935. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">It  would.  Alas,  Google  returns  no  results.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=747#addyourcomment" cid="747" subject="Re:" cid="747" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_747" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c747">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c747">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  941. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/21/u2168_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Almost Anonymous</b> (<a href="/user/almostanon">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:00pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    942. 

  942. <h3 class="commentsubject">shaun shane, wtf</h3><div class="cbody">If  you'd  like  a  chuckle,  check  out  his  full  (auto)biography  on  poemhunter.com;  I'm  not  going  to  link  to  it  for  fear  of  being  held  libel.<br />

    943. 

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  944. And  not  to  put  to  fine  a  point  on  it,  but  in  my  humble  opinion  his  poetry  is  complete  garbage,  the  kind  of  drivel  that  emo  fourteen  year  olds  write  in  high  school.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=770#addyourcomment" cid="770" subject="shaun shane, wtf" cid="770" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_770" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c770">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c770">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  950. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/013baa059135627346420f5fd2b895f0?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:00pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    951. 

  951. <div class="cbody">Makes  me  wonder  if  the  On  Press,  Inc.  located  in  California  is  getting  all  sorts  of  calls  from  this...  Poor  Scott  -  whoever  he  is...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=781#addyourcomment" cid="781" subject="" cid="781" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_781" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c781">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c781">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  957. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:01pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    958. 

  958. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Also,  shouldn't  it  be  "aus  Glas  wären"?  :)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=783#addyourcomment" cid="783" subject="Re:" cid="783" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_783" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c783">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c783">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  964. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:05pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    965. 

  965. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: shaun shane, wtf</h3><div class="cbody">Yup.  Take  a  look  at  this  one  for  a  few  lulz:<br />

    966. 

  966. <a href='http://poemhunter.com/poem/girls-are-dumb/' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://poemhunter.com/poem/girls-are-dumb/</a><br />

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  967. Nobel  prize  material,  no  doubt.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=796#addyourcomment" cid="796" subject="Re: shaun shane, wtf" cid="796" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_796" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c796">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c796">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  973. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a04a46148534367ce8762b069ab45e9a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:11pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    974. 

  974. <div class="cbody">Haha.  Grammarly.com  actually  does  not  have  a  plagiarism  issue  with  either  quote.  The  German  is  a  grammatically  incorrect  direct  translation,  probably  from  Google  Translate.  <br /> 

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  976. What  I  find  interesting  is  whoever  is  making  these  threats  has  as  much  of  a  grasp  of  grammar  as  they  do  the  law.  <br /> 

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  978. Not  that  mine  is  great  either....</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=800#addyourcomment" cid="800" subject="" cid="800" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_800" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c800">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c800">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  984. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Some Other AC</b> (<a href="/user/pmerle01">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:17pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    985. 

  985. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: shaun shane, wtf</h3><div class="cbody">There  is  a  line  in  the  bio,  "Literary  nothing  is  known  of  his  personal  life...".    This  is  hilarious.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=807#addyourcomment" cid="807" subject="Re: shaun shane, wtf" cid="807" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_807" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c807">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c807">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  991. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>dennis deems</b> (<a href="/user/darin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:17pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    992. 

  992. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Agreed,  I  really  enjoyed  this  piece.    When  you  hear  yourself  saying  "this  CAN'T  be  happening"  as  you  read,  you  know  you're  experiencing  something  extra-special.    Thank  you  Tim!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=825#addyourcomment" cid="825" subject="Re:" cid="825" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_825" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c825">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c825">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    999. 

  999. <h3 class="commentsubject">Quote of the day (in my opinion):</h3><div class="cbody"><i> "If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  placed  our  feet  in  our  mouths."<br />

    1000. 

  1000.   -  aethercowboy,  Feb  14th,  2013  @  11:07am</i><br />

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  1002. The  true  beauty  of  any  artistic  endeavor  is  that  it  can  always  be  improved  by  someone  else.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=841#addyourcomment" cid="841" subject="Quote of the day (in my opinion):" cid="841" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_841" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c841">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c841">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1008. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/54/u5418_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Josef Anvil</b> (<a href="/user/josefanvil">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:20pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1009. 

  1009. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">If  tongues  were  brittle  as  glass,  would  we  think  carefully  before  speaking?<br />

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  1018. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/28/u2831_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.5k500k.wordpress.com">Capitalist Lion Tamer</a> (<a href="/user/capitalisliontamer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:21pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
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  1019. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">Bob  -<br />

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  1021. Pretend  this  post  is  an  anatomically-correct  doll.  Show  me  on  the  post  where  you  stopped  reading.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=888#addyourcomment" cid="888" subject="Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="888" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_888" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c888">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c888">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1027. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/28/u2831_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.5k500k.wordpress.com">Capitalist Lion Tamer</a> (<a href="/user/capitalisliontamer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:23pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
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  1028. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Push  it  hard  enough  and  you'll  get  some  really  interesting  responses.  Parts  of  it  may  be  a  script,  but  <i> someone's</i>  behind  the  wheel  when  you  really  piss  it  off.<br />

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  1030. Check  out  the  Storify  link  for  some  more  deviations.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=890#addyourcomment" cid="890" subject="Re:" cid="890" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_890" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c890">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c890">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1035. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_903">&nbsp;</div>
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  1036. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/92de3b4be6a887475c90554606dd758c?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:24pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1037. 

  1037. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody"><i> As  a  contributor  to  this  site,  I  was  doing  the  sort  of  thing  we  do  in  our  downtime  --  running  a  Twitter  search  for  the  term  "infringement."  </i> <br /> 

    1038. 

  1038. <br />

    1039. 

  1039. uh...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=903#addyourcomment" cid="903" subject="Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="903" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_903" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c903">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c903">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1040. 

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  1045. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/28/u2831_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.5k500k.wordpress.com">Capitalist Lion Tamer</a> (<a href="/user/capitalisliontamer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:25pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1046. 

  1046. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Definitely  not  this  guy.  I  contacted  him  myself.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=907#addyourcomment" cid="907" subject="Re:" cid="907" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_907" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c907">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c907">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1047. 

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  1051. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_921">&nbsp;</div>
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  1052. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/530a9a42effe7060a3d7d3e896c46a65?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:34pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1053. 

  1053. <h3 class="commentsubject">On a roll, Tim</h3><div class="cbody">Wow,  Tim<br />

    1054. 

  1054. <br />

    1055. 

  1055. Your  recent  full  on  press  coverage  of  teribuhl  internet  characters  and  their  misdeeds  makes  me  think  you  should  try  a  safer  career.  Have  you  thought  about  a  return  to  lion  taming?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=921#addyourcomment" cid="921" subject="On a roll, Tim" cid="921" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_921" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c921">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c921">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1056. 

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  1061. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Chris Knight</b> (<a href="/user/mmhnto">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:41pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1062. 

  1062. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">"How  little  more  cautious  we  would  be  when  we  talk,  if  just  our  tongues  were  made  of  something  breakable."</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=925#addyourcomment" cid="925" subject="Re:" cid="925" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_925" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c925">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c925">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1063. 

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  1068. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/17/34/u17348_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>GMacGuffin</b> (<a href="/user/gmacguffin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:42pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1069. 

  1069. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody"><i> Pretend  this  post  is  an  anatomically-correct  doll.  Show  me  on  the  post  where  you  stopped  reading.</i><br />

    1070. 

  1070. <br />

    1071. 

  1071. That  Kills.    Made  me  plotz.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=939#addyourcomment" cid="939" subject="Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="939" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_939" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c939">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c939">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1072. 

  1072. </p>
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  1077. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0c0a45e34d171063543f40d10ab3c49?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:49pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1078. 

  1078. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: On a roll, Tim</h3><div class="cbody">But  who  would  then  tame  all  these  copyrats?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=960#addyourcomment" cid="960" subject="Re: On a roll, Tim" cid="960" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_960" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c960">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c960">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1079. 

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  1084. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/60/u6089_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>KnownHuman</b> (<a href="/user/knownhuman">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:50pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1085. 

  1085. <div class="cbody">Heh,  just  for  fun  I'm  going  to  run  this  by  some  friends  at  Random  House,  which  currently  owns  KnopfDoubleday.  <br /> 

    1086. 

  1086. <br />

    1087. 

  1087. Might  as  well  stir  things  up  at  the  other  end.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=974#addyourcomment" cid="974" subject="" cid="974" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_974" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c974">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c974">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1088. 

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  1092. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_996">&nbsp;</div>
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  1093. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a994e233f48197f9d077e48a8d2b6a5b?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Fin</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:51pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1094. 

  1094. <h3 class="commentsubject">Weird responces on twitter</h3><div class="cbody">Every  time  i  get  a  reply  from  quoting  the  poem  the  account  sending  the  tweet  suddenly  gets  blocked.  Silly  people  :)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=996#addyourcomment" cid="996" subject="Weird responces on twitter" cid="996" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_996" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c996">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c996">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1095. 

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  1100. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/59f78f67160c61c602ad443568318b74?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>jackn</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 12:53pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1101. 

  1101. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Sounds an AWFUL lot like my poem.</h3><div class="cbody">and  a  lot  like  mine....<br />

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  1102. <br />

    1103. 

  1103. People  with  glass  tounges  shouldn't  speak.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1012#addyourcomment" cid="1012" subject="Re: Sounds an AWFUL lot like my poem." cid="1012" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1012" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1012">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1012">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1104. 

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  1109. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>JWW</b> (<a href="/user/jww">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:00pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1110. 

  1110. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  steel  then  we  could  rail  against  copyright  maximalists  as  harshly  as  they  deserve....</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1015#addyourcomment" cid="1015" subject="Re:" cid="1015" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1015" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1015">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1015">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1111. 

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  1116. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeaverJuicer</b> (<a href="/user/beaverjuicer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:03pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1117. 

  1117. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">I  did  just  this...  But  both  the  onpress  accounts  that  responded  to  me  were  suspended  within  45  minutes...  No  play  time  for  me  :(</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1040#addyourcomment" cid="1040" subject="Re:" cid="1040" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1040" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1040">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1040">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1123. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeaverJuicer</b> (<a href="/user/beaverjuicer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:06pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1124. 

  1124. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">All  the  3  accounts  that  responded  to  me  are  suspended  now.<br />

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  1125. <br />

    1126. 

  1126. Dammit,  what  does  a  guy  have  to  do  for  a  little  Troll  Love  on  Valentines  Day?<br />

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  1128. I  am  tempted  to  download  some  Prenda  Porn.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1061#addyourcomment" cid="1061" subject="Re: Re: Re: Re:" cid="1061" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1061" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1061">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1061">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1134. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4de43f71dd81160d92ace44eef688fb0?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:14pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1135. 

  1135. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">"upon  entering  the  room,  please  ensure  that  your  brain  is  switched  on  and  allowed  to  warm  up  before  opening  your  mouth  or  using  a  pen."</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1075#addyourcomment" cid="1075" subject="Re: Re:" cid="1075" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1075" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1075">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1075">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1140. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1080">&nbsp;</div>
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  1141. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/62/u6242_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Vidiot</b> (<a href="/user/vidiot">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:19pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1142. 

  1142. <h3 class="commentsubject">Don't apologize</h3><div class="cbody">Long  posts  that  tell  riveting  tales  of  idiocy  are  nothing  to  apologize  for.  <br /> <br /> 

    1143. 

  1143. And  am  I  the  only  one  who  thinks  that  most  of  those  threatening  tweets  smack  of  ESL?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1080#addyourcomment" cid="1080" subject="Don't apologize" cid="1080" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1080" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1080">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1080">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1144. 

  1144. </p>
    1145. 

  1145. </div>
    1146. 

  1146. <li id="c1092" class=" cmt">
    1147. 

  1147. <div id="cc1092" class="stdcomment">
    1148. 

  1148. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1092">&nbsp;</div>
    1149. 

  1149. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeaverJuicer</b> (<a href="/user/beaverjuicer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:21pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1150. 

  1150. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">I  think  enough  of  us  have  been  reposting  it,  that  they  gave  up.    I  posted  it  again  an  hour  ago,  even  misattributing  it  to  someone  else,  and  got  no  response  at  all</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1092#addyourcomment" cid="1092" subject="Re: Re:" cid="1092" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1092" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1092">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1092">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1151. 

  1151. </p>
    1152. 

  1152. </div>
    1153. 

  1153. <li id="c1096" class=" cmt">
    1154. 

  1154. <div id="cc1096" class="stdcomment">
    1155. 

  1155. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1096">&nbsp;</div>
    1156. 

  1156. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c088ff83a4fbe029e08cda82412ca380?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:25pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1157. 

  1157. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Oh  no,  I  was  thinking  the  exact  same  thing!<br />

    1158. 

  1158. <br />

    1159. 

  1159. Actually,  I  was  thinking  of  posting  it,  then  replying  "Suck  it!"  when  the  take  down  messages  come.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1096#addyourcomment" cid="1096" subject="Re:" cid="1096" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1096" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1096">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1096">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1160. 

  1160. </p>
    1161. 

  1161. </div>
    1162. 

  1162. <li id="c1098" class=" cmt">
    1163. 

  1163. <div id="cc1098" class="stdcomment">
    1164. 

  1164. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1098">&nbsp;</div>
    1165. 

  1165. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/35e81996c5d71b7f5682ace7600fd255?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:29pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1166. 

  1166. <div class="cbody">The  troll  bait  idea  was  absolutely  genius,  a  great  way  to  turn  the  IP  trollbots  into  an  animal  circus  that  you  are  pulling  the  strings  to.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1098#addyourcomment" cid="1098" subject="" cid="1098" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1098" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1098">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1098">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1167. 

  1167. </p>
    1168. 

  1168. </div>
    1169. 

  1169. <li id="c1116" class=" cmt">
    1170. 

  1170. <div id="cc1116" class="stdcomment">
    1171. 

  1171. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1116">&nbsp;</div>
    1172. 

  1172. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dc861cea0f5b7ebedc1c09283d6a7b08?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>crichard</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:35pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1173. 

  1173. <h3 class="commentsubject">Names</h3><div class="cbody">The  names  seem  to  have  a  pattern:<br />

    1174. 

  1174. Shaun  Shane<br />

    1175. 

  1175. Sean  Seans<br />

    1176. 

  1176. Mike  Miche<br />

    1177. 

  1177. <br />

    1178. 

  1178. This  does  not  carry  over  to  the  lawyer  (James  Roth),  the  book  reviewer  (Micheal  Bradshaw)  or  the  two  ladies,  but  that  looks  like  the  way  some  one  creates  aliases.<br />

    1179. 

  1179. <br />

    1180. 

  1180. Interestingly  enough,  the  ladies  spell  better  than  the  men  (who  seem  to  be  illiterate).</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1116#addyourcomment" cid="1116" subject="Names" cid="1116" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1116" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1116">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1116">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1181. 

  1181. </p>
    1182. 

  1182. </div>
    1183. 

  1183. <li id="c1124" class="funnycomment  cmt">
    1184. 

  1184. <div id="cc1124" class="stdcomment">
    1185. 

  1185. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1124">&nbsp;</div>
    1186. 

  1186. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeaverJuicer</b> (<a href="/user/beaverjuicer">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:46pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1187. 

  1187. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: shaun shane, wtf</h3><div class="cbody">So  he's  related  to  Kim  Jong-Il  in  Team  America?<br />

    1188. 

  1188. <br />

    1189. 

  1189. "I  am  so  ronery!"</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1124#addyourcomment" cid="1124" subject="Re: Re: shaun shane, wtf" cid="1124" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1124" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1124">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1124">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1190. 

  1190. </p>
    1191. 

  1191. </div>
    1192. 

  1192. <li id="c1142" class=" cmt">
    1193. 

  1193. <div id="cc1142" class="stdcomment">
    1194. 

  1194. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1142">&nbsp;</div>
    1195. 

  1195. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>dennis deems</b> (<a href="/user/darin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:47pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1196. 

  1196. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too</h3><div class="cbody">It  was  time  for  a  new  keyboard  anyway.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1142#addyourcomment" cid="1142" subject="Re: Re: Ah, okay, so now you're for plagiarism too" cid="1142" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1142" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1142">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1142">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1197. 

  1197. </p>
    1198. 

  1198. </div>
    1199. 

  1199. <li id="c1166" class=" cmt">
    1200. 

  1200. <div id="cc1166" class="stdcomment">
    1201. 

  1201. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1166">&nbsp;</div>
    1202. 

  1202. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/59f78f67160c61c602ad443568318b74?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>jackn</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 1:49pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1203. 

  1203. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">I  saw  that  misattribution.  I  looked  up  who  you  attributed  it  two.  Thought  it  was  real.<br />

    1204. 

  1204. <br />

    1205. 

  1205. There  certainly  have  been  a  lot  of  tweets  in  the  last  two  hours  re  glass  tounges.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1166#addyourcomment" cid="1166" subject="Re: Re: Re:" cid="1166" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1166" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1166">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1166">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1206. 

  1206. </p>
    1207. 

  1207. </div>
    1208. 

  1208. <li id="c1172" class=" cmt">
    1209. 

  1209. <div id="cc1172" class="stdcomment">
    1210. 

  1210. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1172">&nbsp;</div>
    1211. 

  1211. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bb107a069c2f40a5d67542b3449cfb42?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:01pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1212. 

  1212. <h3 class="commentsubject">My very own poem, Inspired by douchery</h3><div class="cbody">If  only  my  tongue  was  made  of  razor  sharp  glass,<br />

    1213. 

  1213. You  could  bend  over  as  I  cut  up  your  ass.<br />

    1214. 

  1214. When  you  feel  the  pain  and  scream  in  fear,<br />

    1215. 

  1215. You  will  run  away  as  the  blood  clots  your  rear.<br />

    1216. 

  1216. Perhaps  if  that  happens  you'll  finally  stop  trolling,<br />

    1217. 

  1217. As  no  one  gives  a  shit  for  your  bawling.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1172#addyourcomment" cid="1172" subject="My very own poem, Inspired by douchery" cid="1172" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1172" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1172">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1172">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1218. 

  1218. </p>
    1219. 

  1219. </div>
    1220. 

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    1221. 

  1221. <div id="cc1196" class="stdcomment">
    1222. 

  1222. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1196">&nbsp;</div>
    1223. 

  1223. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9c5473b6438eb5424e2b851db8cb9123?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>On Press Inc</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:04pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1224. 

  1224. <h3 class="commentsubject">Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Shaun  Shane  is  dead.  He  died  in  2010  and  is  buried  in  Connecticut.    And  Tim  Roth  is  not  in  Texas.  Your  research  efforts  are  sloppy.  But,  thank  you  for  confirming  that  you  can  be  reached  at  the  Techdirt.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1196#addyourcomment" cid="1196" subject="Shaun Shane" cid="1196" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1196" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1196">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1196">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1225. 

  1225. </p>
    1226. 

  1226. </div>
    1227. 

  1227. <li id="c1219" class=" cmt">
    1228. 

  1228. <div id="cc1219" class="stdcomment">
    1229. 

  1229. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1219">&nbsp;</div>
    1230. 

  1230. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Some Other AC</b> (<a href="/user/pmerle01">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:23pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1231. 

  1231. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: shaun shane, wtf</h3><div class="cbody">LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL<br />

    1232. 

  1232. <br />

    1233. 

  1233. As  if  the  article  was  not  funny  enough.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1219#addyourcomment" cid="1219" subject="Re: Re: Re: shaun shane, wtf" cid="1219" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1219" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1219">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1219">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1234. 

  1234. </p>
    1235. 

  1235. </div>
    1236. 

  1236. <li id="c1242" class="funnycomment  cmt">
    1237. 

  1237. <div id="cc1242" class="stdcomment">
    1238. 

  1238. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1242">&nbsp;</div>
    1239. 

  1239. <div class="awfun" title="This comment has been deemed funny by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/68/u6813_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.khznoise.com">Karl</a> (<a href="/user/karlheinz">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:26pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1240. 

  1240. <div class="cbody">"If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we...":<br />

    1241. 

  1241. <br />

    1242. 

  1242. (a)  Speak<br />

    1243. 

  1243. (b)  Eat<br />

    1244. 

  1244. (c)  Kiss<br />

    1245. 

  1245. (d)  Perform  oral  sex<br />

    1246. 

  1246. (e)  Get  them  pierced,  like  all  the  damn  kids  do  nowadays<br />

    1247. 

  1247. (h)  Bully  the  damn  kids  on  social  media  sites<br />

    1248. 

  1248. (f)  All  of  the  above<br />

    1249. 

  1249. (g)  All  of  the  above  at  the  same  time<br />

    1250. 

  1250. <br />

    1251. 

  1251. Unfortunately,  Shaun  chose  (a).</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1242#addyourcomment" cid="1242" subject="" cid="1242" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1242" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1242">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1242">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1252. 

  1252. </p>
    1253. 

  1253. </div>
    1254. 

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    1255. 

  1255. <div id="cc1266" class="stdcomment">
    1256. 

  1256. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1266">&nbsp;</div>
    1257. 

  1257. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fc58f9964588eac665a95ffcf4812d70?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:27pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1258. 

  1258. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">LOL!    I'd  buy  that  for  a  dollar!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1266#addyourcomment" cid="1266" subject="Re: Re: Declaratory Relief" cid="1266" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1266" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1266">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1266">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1264. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Some Other AC</b> (<a href="/user/pmerle01">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:28pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1265. 

  1265. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Welcome  welcome  welcome!<br />

    1266. 

  1266. <br />

    1267. 

  1267. So  nice  to  see  it  took  the  better  part  of  a  day  for  you  to  respond.    Did  you  finally  tire  of  the  twitterverse?  Or  have  you  run  out  of  aliases  and  the  bots  are  getting  overloaded  trying  to  respond?<br />

    1268. 

  1268. Please  enlighten  us.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1279#addyourcomment" cid="1279" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1279" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1279" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1279">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1279">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1269. 

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  1274. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/10/49/u10495_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Crazy Freetard</b> (<a href="/user/dhr81">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:30pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1275. 

  1275. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Wow.  Butthurt  bully  makes  weak  jab  at  article  author.<br />

    1276. 

  1276. <br />

    1277. 

  1277. You  sure  showed  'em.<br />

    1278. 

  1278. <br />

    1279. 

  1279. I  really  do  hope  this  winds  up  in  court.  The  smackdown  which  will  be  lain  upon  you  will  be  indescribable.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1286#addyourcomment" cid="1286" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1286" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1286" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1286">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1286">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1280. 

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  1284. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1301">&nbsp;</div>
    1285. 

  1285. <div class="awins" title="This comment has been deemed insightful by the community."></div><div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/24/u2427_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Dark Helmet</b> (<a href="/user/ronalddumsfeld">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:38pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1286. 

  1286. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">"But,  thank  you  for  confirming  that  you  can  be  reached  at  the  Techdirt."<br />

    1287. 

  1287. <br />

    1288. 

  1288. Given  that  you're  getting  your  Twitter  accounts  banned  left  and  right,  given  that  you  cannot  spell  let  alone  understand  the  legal  issues  in  question,  given  that  you're  a  complete  bully  throwing  around  a  law  you  know  nothing  about....I  can  assure  you  that  none  of  us  here  are  remotely  afraid  of  your  baseless  legal  claims.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1301#addyourcomment" cid="1301" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1301" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1301" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1301">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1301">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1289. 

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  1293. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1305">&nbsp;</div>
    1294. 

  1294. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/70bf7d09b7d4384778053c42c8be3599?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:41pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1295. 

  1295. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Hahahahaha.  Wow.  This  sounds  almost  as  dumb/bad/not  scary  as  when  the  trolls  say,  "Thank  you  for  writing  this.  I'm  going  to  forward  it  to  my  congressman  and  show  them  what  you  all  think."<br />

    1296. 

  1296. <br />

    1297. 

  1297. Poor  On  Press  Inc.  I  wonder  if  Knopf  Publishing's  legal  counsel  would  be  interested  in  knowing  that  you  are  misrepresenting  yourself  as  a  part  of  their  company.  Especially  since  while  misrepresenting  yourself  as  a  branch  of  their  company  your  douchebaggery  (and  lack  glaring  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  law)  you  are  doing  harm  to  their  company  name.  <br /> 

    1298. 

  1298. <br />

    1299. 

  1299. I  love  the  internet  and  technology.  Not  the  least  reason  for  which  is  because  when  idiots  get  a  hold  of  it/make  use  of  it  their  stupidity  is  readily  there  for  the  world  to  see  (and  some  who  try  and  abuse  the  law  get  slapped  down  by  it  and  those  who  actually  know  about  it).<br />

    1300. 

  1300. <br />

    1301. 

  1301. On  Press  Inc  sued  by  Knopf  Publishing,  which  is  owned  by  Random  House,  for  misrepresentation/fraud.  News  at  11.  <br /> 

    1302. 

  1302. <br />

    1303. 

  1303. Also,  your  grammar  usage  is  poor  and  borders  on  illiterate.    )<br />

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    1305. 

  1305. Happy  Valentine's  Day!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1305#addyourcomment" cid="1305" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1305" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1305" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1305">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1305">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1311. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0097839191bce5eadd10dd87de09aaa?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:41pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1312. 

  1312. <div class="cbody">I  posted  the  poem  and  link  to  this  article  on  both  twitter  and  facebook</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1314#addyourcomment" cid="1314" subject="" cid="1314" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1314" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1314">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1314">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1318. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fc58f9964588eac665a95ffcf4812d70?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:48pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1319. 

  1319. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">I  have  to  be  thinking  that  this  is  what  this  is  -  some  sort  of  cyber  performance  art.    And  quite  possibly  the  message  is  to  make  a  point  of  making  a  mockery  of  the  legal  threats  of  copyright  trolls  by  taking  those  tactics  to  an  extreme  over  silly  little  tweets  and  other  social  media  posts.    Don't  you  find  it  odd  that  there  don't  appear  to  be  any  requests  for  money  in  any  sort  of  way?    He  doesn't  even  appear  to  request  that  it  be  reposted  with  the  attribution.    He  just  wants  to  threaten.    And  the  sillier  and  more  outrageous  the  threats  the  bigger  it  becomes.    At  least  that's  my  theory.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1331#addyourcomment" cid="1331" subject="Re:" cid="1331" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1331" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1331">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1331">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1325. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>apauld</b> (<a href="/user/apauld">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 2:51pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1326. 

  1326. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Oh  please.      You  know  damn  well  that  Shaun  Shane  is  alive  and  well,  cleaning  the  toilets  at  the  Walmart  he  works  at.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1356#addyourcomment" cid="1356" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1356" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1356" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1356">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1356">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1332. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/799d04735ded7a06dd7cf046bde6f6a5?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Khstapp</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 3:13pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1333. 

  1333. <div class="cbody">Search  Twitter  for  this  poem,    The  Striesand  effect  is  hilariously  enormous.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1366#addyourcomment" cid="1366" subject="" cid="1366" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1366" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1366">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1366">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1339. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/96/u15965_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>elemecca</b> (<a href="/user/elemecca">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 4:07pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1340. 

  1340. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Alan Cooper</h3><div class="cbody">Well...  apparently  he  is:<br />

    1341. 

  1341. <br />

    1342. 

  1342. <blockquote>If  only  my  tongue  were  made  of  ass  I  might  be  mistaken  for  <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23BrettGibbs" rel="nofollow"> #BrettGibbs</a>.  <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23TrollBait" rel="nofollow"> #TrollBait</a>&#x2014;  Alan  Cooper(@AlanCooperGhost)  <a href="https://twitter.com/AlanCooperGhost/status/302180335905538048" rel="nofollow"> February  14,  2013</a></blockquote></div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1384#addyourcomment" cid="1384" subject="Re: Alan Cooper" cid="1384" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1384" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1384">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1384">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1348. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/49cfed58b6aa6f5e7e818ab2e30541da?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Gee</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 4:14pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1349. 

  1349. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">Troll  baiting...  Success</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1397#addyourcomment" cid="1397" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1397" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1397" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1397">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1397">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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  1355. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6ba1f528a7394ecf7e625e8a1a9a26c1?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Toby</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 4:17pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1356. 

  1356. <h3 class="commentsubject">Alexandria</h3><div class="cbody">Seems  to  also  use  pseudonyms:  Tammy  Marshall?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1407#addyourcomment" cid="1407" subject="Alexandria" cid="1407" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1407" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1407">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1407">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    1360. 

  1360. <div id="cc1425" class="stdcomment">
    1361. 

  1361. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1425">&nbsp;</div>
    1362. 

  1362. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/56e1528081b9b6428dad1e766f031295?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eric L.</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 5:04pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1363. 

  1363. <h3 class="commentsubject">Hash Tag - #shaneseideffect</h3><div class="cbody">Spread  the  love  of  free  speech  and  freedom!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1425#addyourcomment" cid="1425" subject="Hash Tag - #shaneseideffect" cid="1425" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1425" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1425">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1425">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1364. 

  1364. </p>
    1365. 

  1365. </div>
    1366. 

  1366. <li id="c1438" class=" cmt">
    1367. 

  1367. <div id="cc1438" class="stdcomment">
    1368. 

  1368. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1438">&nbsp;</div>
    1369. 

  1369. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/276b8baa4b63c463b665156092e0d61e?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Travis</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 5:09pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1370. 

  1370. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">This  should  be  the  "Golden  Rule".</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1438#addyourcomment" cid="1438" subject="Re: Re: Re:" cid="1438" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1438" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1438">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1438">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1371. 

  1371. </p>
    1372. 

  1372. </div>
    1373. 

  1373. <li id="c1444" class=" cmt">
    1374. 

  1374. <div id="cc1444" class="stdcomment">
    1375. 

  1375. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1444">&nbsp;</div>
    1376. 

  1376. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4ce1857fd60b82e4fa51f9e63d1e2945?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>artguerrilla</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 5:23pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1377. 

  1377. <h3 class="commentsubject">Response to: Anonymous Coward on Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:38am</h3><div class="cbody">If  our  asses  were  made  of  tongues,  we  would  shit  a  lot  more  carefully.<br />

    1378. 

  1378. art  guerrilla<br />

    1379. 

  1379. aka  ann  archy<br />

    1380. 

  1380. EOF</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1444#addyourcomment" cid="1444" subject="Response to: Anonymous Coward on Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:38am" cid="1444" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1444" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1444">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1444">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1381. 

  1381. </p>
    1382. 

  1382. </div>
    1383. 

  1383. <li id="c1455" class=" cmt">
    1384. 

  1384. <div id="cc1455" class="stdcomment">
    1385. 

  1385. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1455">&nbsp;</div>
    1386. 

  1386. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/faf1759cfbb6ea659003a0c33796608d?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 6:44pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1387. 

  1387. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1388. 

  1388. <br />

    1389. 

  1389. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1390. 

  1390. <br />

    1391. 

  1391. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1392. 

  1392. <br />

    1393. 

  1393. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1394. 

  1394. <br />

    1395. 

  1395. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1396. 

  1396. <br />

    1397. 

  1397. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1398. 

  1398. <br />

    1399. 

  1399. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1400. 

  1400. <br />

    1401. 

  1401. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1402. 

  1402. <br />

    1403. 

  1403. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1404. 

  1404. <br />

    1405. 

  1405. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1455#addyourcomment" cid="1455" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1455" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1455" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1455">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1455">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1406. 

  1406. </p>
    1407. 

  1407. </div>
    1408. 

  1408. <li id="c1458" class=" cmt">
    1409. 

  1409. <div id="cc1458" class="stdcomment">
    1410. 

  1410. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1458">&nbsp;</div>
    1411. 

  1411. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5283628a465dcd62b6c4526c03a83852?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 6:47pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1412. 

  1412. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">And  in  other  news,  I've  got  a  letter  from  a  Nigerian  prince  with  several  chests  full  of  money  to  send  you,  if  you  just  send  me  some  fees  for  administration...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1458#addyourcomment" cid="1458" subject="Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1458" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1458" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1458">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1458">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1413. 

  1413. </p>
    1414. 

  1414. </div>
    1415. 

  1415. <li id="c1464" class=" cmt">
    1416. 

  1416. <div id="cc1464" class="stdcomment">
    1417. 

  1417. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1464">&nbsp;</div>
    1418. 

  1418. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cf739ad80941975ed1aedbb075a75cfe?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 6:59pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1419. 

  1419. <div class="cbody">If  only  our  schlongs  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  beat  our  meat.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1464#addyourcomment" cid="1464" subject="" cid="1464" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1464" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1464">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1464">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1420. 

  1420. </p>
    1421. 

  1421. </div>
    1422. 

  1422. <li id="c1484" class=" cmt">
    1423. 

  1423. <div id="cc1484" class="stdcomment">
    1424. 

  1424. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1484">&nbsp;</div>
    1425. 

  1425. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/33/05/u33056_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Internet Zen Master</b> (<a href="/user/metalfumasu">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 7:10pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1426. 

  1426. <h3 class="commentsubject">Dispatch from Internet Defense HQ</h3><div class="cbody"><strong> Attention:  <br /> 

    1427. 

  1427. Streisand  Protocol  has  been  invoked.</strong><br />

    1428. 

  1428. <br />

    1429. 

  1429. Alert  the  channers  to  this  scum's  existence.  Then  go  make  some  popcorn  and  watch  the  Internet  tear  this  guy  a  new  one.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1484#addyourcomment" cid="1484" subject="Dispatch from Internet Defense HQ" cid="1484" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1484" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1484">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1484">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1430. 

  1430. </p>
    1431. 

  1431. </div>
    1432. 

  1432. <li id="c1496" class=" cmt">
    1433. 

  1433. <div id="cc1496" class="stdcomment">
    1434. 

  1434. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1496">&nbsp;</div>
    1435. 

  1435. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c893a12b3097de4a645ccadd59dd7aaf?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 7:13pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1436. 

  1436. <div class="cbody">If  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  we  should  be  careful  about  throwing  the  first  rock.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1496#addyourcomment" cid="1496" subject="" cid="1496" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1496" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1496">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1496">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1437. 

  1437. </p>
    1438. 

  1438. </div>
    1439. 

  1439. <li id="c1515" class=" cmt">
    1440. 

  1440. <div id="cc1515" class="stdcomment">
    1441. 

  1441. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1515">&nbsp;</div>
    1442. 

  1442. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5f409c3ad0d8228f04e4bfd5f123f9a7?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>BeeGee</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 7:47pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1443. 

  1443. <div class="cbody">If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,<br />

    1444. 

  1444. how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak.<br />

    1445. 

  1445. <br />

    1446. 

  1446. Obvious  troll,  that's  how  I  roll,<br />

    1447. 

  1447. I've  been  kicked  around  since  I  was  born.<br />

    1448. 

  1448. <br />

    1449. 

  1449. But  now  it's  all  right,  it's  okay<br />

    1450. 

  1450. I  will  troll  you  every  day.<br />

    1451. 

  1451. I  will  try,  I  will  cry.<br />

    1452. 

  1452. Cause  I'm  a  douche  in  every  way.<br />

    1453. 

  1453. <br />

    1454. 

  1454. Whether  you're  a  EDiot  or  whether  you're  a  lurker<br />

    1455. 

  1455. Shane's  still  alive,  still  alive<br />

    1456. 

  1456. Feel  the  facade  breakin'  and  everybody  baitin'<br />

    1457. 

  1457. Shane's  still  alive,  still  alive.<br />

    1458. 

  1458. Ah,  ah,  ah,  ah,  Shane's  alive,  Shane's  alive<br />

    1459. 

  1459. Ah,  ah,  ah,  ah,  Shane's  ali-i-i-i-ive</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1515#addyourcomment" cid="1515" subject="" cid="1515" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1515" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1515">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1515">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1460. 

  1460. </p>
    1461. 

  1461. </div>
    1462. 

  1462. <li id="c1539" class=" cmt">
    1463. 

  1463. <div id="cc1539" class="stdcomment">
    1464. 

  1464. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1539">&nbsp;</div>
    1465. 

  1465. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 8:26pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1466. 

  1466. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">No  for  an  idiot  this  big  you  need  a  Dream  Team...<br />

    1467. 

  1467. <br />

    1468. 

  1468. John  Steele  -  not  "working"  on  the  case  but  in  the  gallery  whispering  to  the  plaintiff's  table.<br />

    1469. 

  1469. Charles  Carreon  -  because  this  will  be  a  suit  that  will  add  the  entire  interwebs  as  defendants.<br />

    1470. 

  1470. Teri  Buhl  -  to  cover  the  proceedings  for  Court  TV.<br />

    1471. 

  1471. Brett  Gibbs  as  wonder  boy,  barely  able  to  string  together  full  sentences  in  a  single  filing.<br />

    1472. 

  1472. Evan  Stone  -  To  sit  at  plaintiff's  table  wearing  those  stupid  horns  and  trying  to  look  mean.<br />

    1473. 

  1473. And  leading  the  attack...<br />

    1474. 

  1474. J_____  R_______<br />

    1475. 

  1475. (because  we  still  don't  say  his  name  lest  he  begin  again  right?)<br />

    1476. 

  1476. I  miss  anyone  else  for  the  dream  team?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1539#addyourcomment" cid="1539" subject="Re: Re: Declaratory Relief" cid="1539" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1539" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1539">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1539">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1477. 

  1477. </p>
    1478. 

  1478. </div>
    1479. 

  1479. <li id="c1542" class=" cmt">
    1480. 

  1480. <div id="cc1542" class="stdcomment">
    1481. 

  1481. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1542">&nbsp;</div>
    1482. 

  1482. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5f409c3ad0d8228f04e4bfd5f123f9a7?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eric L.</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 8:42pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1483. 

  1483. <div class="cbody">New  development,  we  now  get  "thank  you"  messages.<br />

    1484. 

  1484. <br />

    1485. 

  1485. "@Morality124  Thank  you  for  posting  Tongues  Made  of  Glass  by  Shaun  Shane  <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL_BUE-kGyw&amp;feature=youtu.be' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL_BUE-kGyw&amp;feature=youtu.be</a>  &#x2026;"<br />

    1486. 

  1486. <br />

    1487. 

  1487. His  plan  all  along?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1542#addyourcomment" cid="1542" subject="" cid="1542" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1542" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1542">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1542">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1488. 

  1488. </p>
    1489. 

  1489. </div>
    1490. 

  1490. <li id="c1545" class=" cmt">
    1491. 

  1491. <div id="cc1545" class="stdcomment">
    1492. 

  1492. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1545">&nbsp;</div>
    1493. 

  1493. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/43/u4373_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>G Thompson</b> (<a href="/user/alpharia">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 8:59pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1494. 

  1494. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">You  missed:  Crystal  Cox  to  blog  about  it<br />

    1495. 

  1495. <br />

    1496. 

  1496. and  J____R___  ???  hmmm  my  subconscious  knows  whom  thou  doth  not  speak  of,  but  my  brain  interprets  it  to  say  "Just  Rude"<br />

    1497. 

  1497. <br />

    1498. 

  1498. Well  same  thing  really!  ;)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1545#addyourcomment" cid="1545" subject="Re: Re: Re: Declaratory Relief" cid="1545" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1545" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1545">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1545">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1499. 

  1499. </p>
    1500. 

  1500. </div>
    1501. 

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    1502. 

  1502. <div id="cc1552" class="stdcomment">
    1503. 

  1503. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1552">&nbsp;</div>
    1504. 

  1504. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/43/u4373_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>G Thompson</b> (<a href="/user/alpharia">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 9:07pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1505. 

  1505. <div class="cbody"><b> If  glass  our  tongues  were  made  of<br />

    1506. 

  1506. Careful  to  make  our  speech  would  we</b><br />

    1507. 

  1507. <br />

    1508. 

  1508. ooohhhhh  Transformation!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1552#addyourcomment" cid="1552" subject="" cid="1552" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1552" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1552">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1552">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1509. 

  1509. </p>
    1510. 

  1510. </div>
    1511. 

  1511. <li id="c1572" class=" cmt">
    1512. 

  1512. <div id="cc1572" class="stdcomment">
    1513. 

  1513. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1572">&nbsp;</div>
    1514. 

  1514. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c44136938bf36d30323db0996a6463dc?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>cy9</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 9:12pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1515. 

  1515. <h3 class="commentsubject">i own this poem</h3><div class="cbody">"If  only  our  fingers  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  type."</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1572#addyourcomment" cid="1572" subject="i own this poem" cid="1572" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1572" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1572">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1572">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1516. 

  1516. </p>
    1517. 

  1517. </div>
    1518. 

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    1519. 

  1519. <div id="cc1593" class="stdcomment">
    1520. 

  1520. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1593">&nbsp;</div>
    1521. 

  1521. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2dde0d97a0889fb75db7142f787c5246?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.angrywithunicorns.org/">Anthony Jeffries</a>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:07pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1522. 

  1522. <h3 class="commentsubject">response I got</h3><div class="cbody">So  I  tweeted  the  poem.  I  got  this:<br />

    1523. 

  1523. <br />

    1524. 

  1524. "InmHeu:  @ajeffri  we  appreciate  your  posting  Tongues  Made  of  Glass  by  Shaun  Shane  <a href='http://t.co/wDRYHUfN"' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://t.co/wDRYHUfN"</a><br />

    1525. 

  1525. <br />

    1526. 

  1526. That's  a  link  to  the  already  mentioned  Youtube  video,  in  which  he/she/it  sounds  like  an  utter  douchebag.<br />

    1527. 

  1527. <br />

    1528. 

  1528. And  then  this:<br />

    1529. 

  1529. <br />

    1530. 

  1530. "InmHeu:  @ajeffri  your  tweet  gives  it  even  more  exposure.  thanks"<br />

    1531. 

  1531. <br />

    1532. 

  1532. My  response:<br />

    1533. 

  1533. <br />

    1534. 

  1534. "ajeffri:  @InmHeu  I  think  the  Internet  shitstorm  from  @techdirt  is  doing  so  much  more"<br />

    1535. 

  1535. <br />

    1536. 

  1536. I  guess  he/she/it  is  learning  a  little?  Streisand  Protocol  indeed.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1593#addyourcomment" cid="1593" subject="response I got" cid="1593" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1593" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1593">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1593">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1537. 

  1537. </p>
    1538. 

  1538. </div>
    1539. 

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    1540. 

  1540. <div id="cc1617" class="stdcomment">
    1541. 

  1541. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1617">&nbsp;</div>
    1542. 

  1542. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e09824730651346fb770f5a305beba65?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shaneshaunSUXDIX.com">farkyouShaneShaun</a>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 10:33pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1543. 

  1543. <h3 class="commentsubject">Shane Shaun SUXDIX every Saturdaynite</h3><div class="cbody">Shane  Shaun.  What  a  MONUMENTAL  effwit  who  CANNOT  SPELL  or  use  GRAMMAR  properly.  Go  fuggggg  yourself,  Mr  "Shaneful"</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1617#addyourcomment" cid="1617" subject="Shane Shaun SUXDIX every Saturdaynite" cid="1617" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1617" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1617">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1617">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1544. 

  1544. </p>
    1545. 

  1545. </div>
    1546. 

  1546. <li id="c1641" class=" cmt">
    1547. 

  1547. <div id="cc1641" class="stdcomment">
    1548. 

  1548. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1641">&nbsp;</div>
    1549. 

  1549. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>TAKUMI</b> (<a href="/user/sougonnatakumi">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:09pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1550. 

  1550. <div class="cbody"><blockquote> <i> If  You  use  another's  work  uncredited  in  a  reproduction  (  Your  Blog)  you  are,  under  copyright  law  required  to  credit  the  Author</i></blockquote><br />

    1551. 

  1551. Hang  on.  When  you  use  another's  work  uncredited,  you  have  to  credit  the  author?<br />

    1552. 

  1552. <br />

    1553. 

  1553. That  is  literally  not  possible.  If  you're  using  a  quote  <b> uncredited</b>,  by  definition,  you  can't  credit  the  author  at  the  same  time.  If  you  do  credit  the  author  while  using  the  quote,  it's  no  longer  uncredited.  Does  On  Press  think  that  copyright  law  is  supposed  to  be  some  kind  of  confusing  <i> Catch-22</i>-type  situation  where  it's  impossible  to  follow  the  law  because  the  law  is  inherently  contradictory,  therefore  you  are  a  violator?  That...  okay,  that  just  makes  my  head  hurt.<br />

    1554. 

  1554. <br />

    1555. 

  1555. Also,  even  if  you  overlook  that  part  by  reasonably  interpreting  it  as  "you  have  to  credit  the  author  afterward",  they  almost  make  it  sound  like  if  you  falsely  attributed  the  quote,  it  would  be  <em> way</em>  more  okay  than  using  it  without  any  credit  at  all,  since  you  only  really  <em> have</em>  to  credit  the  author  if  you  previously  used  the  work  uncredited.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1641#addyourcomment" cid="1641" subject="" cid="1641" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1641" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1641">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1641">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1556. 

  1556. </p>
    1557. 

  1557. </div>
    1558. 

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    1559. 

  1559. <div id="cc1643" class="stdcomment">
    1560. 

  1560. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1643">&nbsp;</div>
    1561. 

  1561. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Ehud Gavron</b> (<a href="/user/gavron">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:23pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1562. 

  1562. <h3 class="commentsubject">Another illiterate AKA found for him... Michael Bradshaw</h3><div class="cbody">I  bought  a  copy  on  AMZ.    I  wrote  a  review.    Here  is  the  response:<br />

    1563. 

  1563. <br />

    1564. 

  1564. <br />

    1565. 

  1565. Feb  14,  2013  6:50:07  PM  PST<br />

    1566. 

  1566. Micheal  Bradshaw  says:<br />

    1567. 

  1567. <br />

    1568. 

  1568. This  guy  has  never  read  Shane's  book  notice  he  doesn't  have  the  certified  Purchase  from  Amazon  underneath  his  review.  He  just  saw  some  immature  idiots  on  the  internet  making  a  fuss  about  some  other  idiot  who  when  he  was  told  to  credit  Shane's  work  decided  to  throw  a  infantile  temper  tantrum.  this  guy  just  an  idiot.  Who  writes  a  review  about  a  book  he  hasn't  read.  Someone  is  emotionally  disturbed  like  this  guy</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1643#addyourcomment" cid="1643" subject="Another illiterate AKA found for him... Michael Bradshaw" cid="1643" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1643" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1643">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1643">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1569. 

  1569. </p>
    1570. 

  1570. </div>
    1571. 

  1571. <li id="c1647" class=" cmt">
    1572. 

  1572. <div id="cc1647" class="stdcomment">
    1573. 

  1573. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1647">&nbsp;</div>
    1574. 

  1574. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Michael</b> (<a href="/user/statueofmike">profile</a>), <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:43pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1575. 

  1575. <div class="cbody">If  only  our  thumbs  were  made  of  glass,  how  much  more  careful  would  we  be  when  we  tweat.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1647#addyourcomment" cid="1647" subject="" cid="1647" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1647" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1647">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1647">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1576. 

  1576. </p>
    1577. 

  1577. </div>
    1578. 

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    1579. 

  1579. <div id="cc1659" class="stdcomment">
    1580. 

  1580. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1659">&nbsp;</div>
    1581. 

  1581. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7eb0f830ce1ed8f6774ce3ede94e945f?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:44pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1582. 

  1582. <div class="cbody">Glass-tongue  (v):  The  oxymoronic  act  of  ruining  any  chance  that  people  could  ever  again  think  you  were  anything  but  a  douche.  <br /> 

    1583. 

  1583.       Usage:  He  glass-tongued  himself  off  of  twitter  in  24  hours  when  everyone  was  told  he  was  libel  to  sue  them.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1659#addyourcomment" cid="1659" subject="" cid="1659" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1659" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1659">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1659">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1584. 

  1584. </p>
    1585. 

  1585. </div>
    1586. 

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    1587. 

  1587. <div id="cc1679" class="stdcomment">
    1588. 

  1588. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1679">&nbsp;</div>
    1589. 

  1589. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d1c8c607359f08fb0095213b8b14b06?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>kenichi tanaka</b>, <i>Feb 14th, 2013 @ 11:45pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1590. 

  1590. <div class="cbody">This  is  hilarious.  Shane's  poem  book  on  Amazon  is  starting  to  generate  some  interesting  1-star  reviews  as  well  as  some  equally  hilarious  comments  by  someone  trying  to  defend  Shane.<br />

    1591. 

  1591. <br />

    1592. 

  1592. Your  guys  have  got  to  check  these  out:<br />

    1593. 

  1593. <br />

    1594. 

  1594. <a href='http://www.amazon.com/Poem-Is-Nothing-Shaun-Shane/product-reviews/1467522619/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_recent?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=0&amp;sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Poem-Is-Nothing-Shaun-Shane/product-reviews/1467522619/ref=cm_cr_pr_to p_recent?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=0&amp;sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending</a></div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1679#addyourcomment" cid="1679" subject="" cid="1679" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1679" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1679">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1679">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1595. 

  1595. </p>
    1596. 

  1596. </div>
    1597. 

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    1598. 

  1598. <div id="cc1702" class="stdcomment">
    1599. 

  1599. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1702">&nbsp;</div>
    1600. 

  1600. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/43/u4373_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>G Thompson</b> (<a href="/user/alpharia">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 12:07am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1601. 

  1601. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">It  seems  all  those  who  have  bought  this  'book'  are  lamenting  the  same  thing:<br />

    1602. 

  1602. <br />

    1603. 

  1603. Here  I  sit  broken  hearted,<br />

    1604. 

  1604. paid  ten  bucks<br />

    1605. 

  1605. for  what  Shane  sharted!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1702#addyourcomment" cid="1702" subject="Re:" cid="1702" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1702" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1702">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1702">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1606. 

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  1610. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1712">&nbsp;</div>
    1611. 

  1611. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>PaulT</b> (<a href="/user/aphexbr">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 12:57am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1612. 

  1612. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Plus,  oral  sex  would  become...  tricky...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1712#addyourcomment" cid="1712" subject="Re:" cid="1712" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1712" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1712">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1712">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1613. 

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    1618. 

  1618. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b4987c46e456200531104464e66b09f4?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:02am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1619. 

  1619. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">The  right  format  for  Haiku  is  5-7-5.<br />

    1620. 

  1620. What  do  you  mean  is  not  Haiku?</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1715#addyourcomment" cid="1715" subject="Re: Re:" cid="1715" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1715" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1715">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1715">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1621. 

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  1626. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d0533c0accc297bbc84a5a7ad01f0fad?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:05am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1627. 

  1627. <div class="cbody">His  tongue  is  obviously  not  made  of  glass,  but  appear  to  be  lead.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1728#addyourcomment" cid="1728" subject="" cid="1728" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1728" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1728">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1728">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1628. 

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    1633. 

  1633. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/73/u7364_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://techfleece.com/">Richard</a> (<a href="/user/thegift73">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:42am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1634. 

  1634. <h3 class="commentsubject">Test Tweet</h3><div class="cbody">I  just  sent  a  test  tweet  from  my  account  @TheGift73  and  got  a  reply  (via  bot  considering  the  speed  of  the  reply)  within  20  seconds<br />

    1635. 

  1635. <br />

    1636. 

  1636. <a href='https://twitter.com/InmHeu/status/302347535073292288' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/InmHeu/status/302347535073292288</a><br />

    1637. 

  1637. <br />

    1638. 

  1638. <a href='https://twitter.com/InmHeu/status/302347579058974721' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/InmHeu/status /302347579058974721</a><br />

    1639. 

  1639. <br />

    1640. 

  1640. Nothing  threatening  so  far,  but  it's  only  been  5  mins</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1735#addyourcomment" cid="1735" subject="Test Tweet" cid="1735" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1735" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1735">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1735">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1641. 

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  1646. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/92de3b4be6a887475c90554606dd758c?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:46am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1647. 

  1647. <div class="cbody">The  fact  you  guys  are  celebrating  like  this  is  quite  the  insight  into  how  you  apparently  feel  the  other  364  days  out  of  the  year.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1741#addyourcomment" cid="1741" subject="" cid="1741" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1741" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1741">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1741">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1648. 

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  1653. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/24/u2427_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Dark Helmet</b> (<a href="/user/ronalddumsfeld">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 4:42am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1654. 

  1654. <h3 class="commentsubject">Elcor Poetry</h3><div class="cbody">The  funny  part  of  all  this  is  the  assertion  that  Shane  is  dead  and  the  guys  in  the  videos  and  calling  around  with  their  legal  threats  aren't  all  the  same  people.<br />

    1655. 

  1655. <br />

    1656. 

  1656. Newsflash,  genius,  it's  a  lot  easier  to  claim  you're  not  the  same  people  when  all  of  your  voices,  tones,  and  inflections  don't  sound  like  Elcor  from  Mass  Effect....<br />

    1657. 

  1657. <br />

    1658. 

  1658. <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USn_CT_DpY' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USn_CT_DpY</a></div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1763#addyourcomment" cid="1763" subject="Elcor Poetry" cid="1763" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1763" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1763">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1763">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1659. 

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  1662. <div id="cc1784" class="stdcomment">
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  1663. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1784">&nbsp;</div>
    1664. 

  1664. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0dd47c0e909e0c53a1bf8eef94cafc14?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 5:06am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1665. 

  1665. <h3 class="commentsubject">Consider this...</h3><div class="cbody">When  I  first  read  this  article,  my  first  reaction  was  "WTF?  This  guy  is  just  batshit  crazy!"    But  the  more  I  thought  about  it,  the  more  I  got  a  clearer  picture  of  what  I  think  is  going  on.    With  IP  issues,  there  are  generally  3  types  of  people.  There  are  the  maximalists  on  one  side  that  want  to  use  it  to  squeeze  every  ounce  of  income  they  can  out  of  the  public.  There  are  those  outraged  by  these  attempts  and  fight  against  them.    And  then  there  are  the  vast  majority  of  people  who  don't  know  or  seem  to  care  about  these  issues  at  all  because  they  don't  think  these  issues  affect  them.    It  is  this  last  group  that  is  key.    A  substantial  portion  of  the  people  who  post  and  repost  content  in  social  media  falls  into  this  group  and  I  think  this  is  the  group  he  may  be  trying  to  reach.    By  making  baseless  threats  against  these  people  he  is  making  these  issues  affect  them.  I  see  this  as  leveraging  the  Streisand  Effect  to  move  them  to  care.    By  making  the  threats  ridiculous  he  is  showing  how  ridiculous  the  people  who  use  these  tactics  are.    It  has  been  said  that  there  is  a  fine  line  between  genius  and  crazy  and  people  who  don't  get  it,  will  assume  the  latter.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1784#addyourcomment" cid="1784" subject="Consider this..." cid="1784" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1784" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1784">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1784">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1666. 

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  1670. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1800">&nbsp;</div>
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  1671. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/24b367f85856d443024e8f78ba5c06bd?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eric L.</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 6:08am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1672. 

  1672. <h3 class="commentsubject">Thanks and I'm better than you?</h3><div class="cbody">So  now,  the  basic  pattern  of  Shaun's  sock  accounts  is  to  thank  people  while  claiming  more  bullshit  about  copyright  infringement  and  fair  use/fair  dealing.<br />

    1673. 

  1673. <br />

    1674. 

  1674. I  recommend  everyone  to  say  "your  welcome"  to  passive-aggressive  Shaun  by  flagging  these  accounts  as  spam.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1800#addyourcomment" cid="1800" subject="Thanks and I'm better than you?" cid="1800" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1800" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1800">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1800">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1675. 

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  1680. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/24b367f85856d443024e8f78ba5c06bd?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eric L.</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 6:28am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1681. 

  1681. <h3 class="commentsubject">Banhammer Mk. II</h3><div class="cbody">Looks  like  his  latest  Twitter  socks  are  getting  the  hammer.  Since  he  has  done  the  same  thing  over  and  over  several  times  now,  I  think  he  is  more  than  qualified  for  being  insane  by  that  classic  definition.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1808#addyourcomment" cid="1808" subject="Banhammer Mk. II" cid="1808" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1808" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1808">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1808">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1682. 

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  1687. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>dennis deems</b> (<a href="/user/darin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 6:29am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1688. 

  1688. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Somebody  please  get  screen  shots  of  this  stuff  before  Amazon  takes  it  down.    Hilarious!</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1829#addyourcomment" cid="1829" subject="Re:" cid="1829" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1829" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1829">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1829">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1689. 

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  1694. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>dennis deems</b> (<a href="/user/darin">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 6:33am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1695. 

  1695. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Elcor Poetry</h3><div class="cbody">I  think  you  meant  to  write  "genuis".</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1846#addyourcomment" cid="1846" subject="Re: Elcor Poetry" cid="1846" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1846" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1846">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1846">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1696. 

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  1701. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/24b367f85856d443024e8f78ba5c06bd?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Tommy C.</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 6:43am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1702. 

  1702. <h3 class="commentsubject">Sock accounts everywhere!</h3><div class="cbody">Even  on  Michael  Geist's  blog  (http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6784/125/):<br />

    1703. 

  1703. <br />

    1704. 

  1704. "Tammy  said:    	To  Tommy  C.<br />

    1705. 

  1705.   To  Tommy  C.  the  quote  you  posted  is  not  really  a  quote  but  a  poem  by  the  Poet  Shaun  Shane  entitled  "Tongues  Made  of  Glass"  It's  structured  like  this:  <br /> 

    1706. 

  1706. if  only  <br /> 

    1707. 

  1707. our  tongues  <br /> 

    1708. 

  1708. were  made  <br /> 

    1709. 

  1709. of  glass  <br /> 

    1710. 

  1710. <br />

    1711. 

  1711. how  much  <br /> 

    1712. 

  1712. more  careful  <br /> 

    1713. 

  1713. we  would  be  <br /> 

    1714. 

  1714. when  we  <br /> 

    1715. 

  1715. speak  -  Shaun  Shane"</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1863#addyourcomment" cid="1863" subject="Sock accounts everywhere!" cid="1863" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1863" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1863">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1863">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1716. 

  1716. </p>
    1717. 

  1717. </div>
    1718. 

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    1719. 

  1719. <div id="cc1885" class="stdcomment">
    1720. 

  1720. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1885">&nbsp;</div>
    1721. 

  1721. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/20/u2067_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Marcel de Jong</b> (<a href="/user/madjo">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 7:23am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1722. 

  1722. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  it  would  prevent  us  from  swallowing  the  bullshit  that  Shaun  Shane  has  brought  forth.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1885#addyourcomment" cid="1885" subject="Re:" cid="1885" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1885" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1885">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1885">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1723. 

  1723. </p>
    1724. 

  1724. </div>
    1725. 

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    1726. 

  1726. <div id="cc1907" class="stdcomment">
    1727. 

  1727. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1907">&nbsp;</div>
    1728. 

  1728. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/58e404edf205041629d5389b7a69d179?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Eric L.</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 7:39am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1729. 

  1729. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Alexandria</h3><div class="cbody">Seems  to  be  the  case,  a  "Tammy"  appeared  at  Michael  Geist's  blog  when  a  bait  comment  was  planted.<br />

    1730. 

  1730. <br />

    1731. 

  1731. <a href='http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6784/125/#comments' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6784/125/#comments</a></div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1907#addyourcomment" cid="1907" subject="Re: Alexandria" cid="1907" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1907" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1907">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1907">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1732. 

  1732. </p>
    1733. 

  1733. </div>
    1734. 

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    1735. 

  1735. <div id="cc1922" class="stdcomment">
    1736. 

  1736. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1922">&nbsp;</div>
    1737. 

  1737. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/59f78f67160c61c602ad443568318b74?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>joePhoto</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 8:28am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1738. 

  1738. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Shaun Shane</h3><div class="cbody">I  am  glad  I  found  you  too.  I  was  wondering  if  you  would  please  attribute  the  skyscaper  photo  that  you  got  from  shutterfly.  Alot  of  work  went  into  that  photo  and  your  using  it  without  attribution  hurts  my  feelings.<br />

    1739. 

  1739. <br />

    1740. 

  1740. <br />

    1741. 

  1741. Thanks</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1922#addyourcomment" cid="1922" subject="Re: Re: Shaun Shane" cid="1922" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1922" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1922">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1922">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1742. 

  1742. </p>
    1743. 

  1743. </div>
    1744. 

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    1746. 

  1746. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1924">&nbsp;</div>
    1747. 

  1747. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 8:47am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1748. 

  1748. <h3 class="commentsubject">More accounts baleeted</h3><div class="cbody">It  seems  Twitter  is  catching  on,  more  accounts  including  the  apparently  main  one  @ineaonpress  have  been  suspended.  My  prediction  is  this  just  merely  a  harbinger  of  the  legal  shitstorm  that  Shane  Shaun  will  have  to  deal  with  in  the  next  few  days.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1924#addyourcomment" cid="1924" subject="More accounts baleeted" cid="1924" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1924" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1924">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1924">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1749. 

  1749. </p>
    1750. 

  1750. </div>
    1751. 

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    1752. 

  1752. <div id="cc1927" class="stdcomment">
    1753. 

  1753. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1927">&nbsp;</div>
    1754. 

  1754. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/69/u6913_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>btrussell</b> (<a href="/user/btrussell">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 9:56am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1755. 

  1755. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">Well,  I've  been  shattered</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1927#addyourcomment" cid="1927" subject="Re: Re:" cid="1927" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1927" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1927">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1927">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1756. 

  1756. </p>
    1757. 

  1757. </div>
    1758. 

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    1759. 

  1759. <div id="cc1941" class="stdcomment">
    1760. 

  1760. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1941">&nbsp;</div>
    1761. 

  1761. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9352375e83a15d47639fcd1726974a40?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Stephen S. Power</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 9:57am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1762. 

  1762. <h3 class="commentsubject">Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way</h3><div class="cbody">Check  this  out:<br />

    1763. 

  1763. <br />

    1764. 

  1764. I  tweeted:  Excellent  TechDirt  piece  on  troll  threatening  those  who  tweet  short  poem:  "If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass..."  bit.ly/Yh2Ldp<br />

    1765. 

  1765. <br />

    1766. 

  1766. And  moments  later  I  got  this  response:  @Stephenspower  Thanks  again.Your  tweeting  of  Shane's  work  brings  it  to  a  larger  audience  and  so  increases  his  book  sales.  Thanks!<br />

    1767. 

  1767. <br />

    1768. 

  1768. Goodbye  Saul.  Hello  Paul.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1941#addyourcomment" cid="1941" subject="Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way" cid="1941" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1941" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1941">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1941">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1769. 

  1769. </p>
    1770. 

  1770. </div>
    1771. 

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    1772. 

  1772. <div id="cc1945" class="stdcomment">
    1773. 

  1773. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1945">&nbsp;</div>
    1774. 

  1774. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 10:51am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1775. 

  1775. <h3 class="commentsubject">RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite</h3><div class="cbody">He's  still  claiming  to  be  a  part  of  Knopf,  he  still  disseminating  disinformation,  and  he  still  has  not  apologized  for  false  threads,  misleading  people,  and  filing  a  false  bad  faith  DMCA.  Don't  let  his  new  socks  fool  ya.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1945#addyourcomment" cid="1945" subject="RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite" cid="1945" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1945" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1945">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1945">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1776. 

  1776. </p>
    1777. 

  1777. </div>
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  1779. <div id="cc1953" class="stdcomment">
    1780. 

  1780. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1953">&nbsp;</div>
    1781. 

  1781. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fc58f9964588eac665a95ffcf4812d70?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 12:43pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1782. 

  1782. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite</h3><div class="cbody">Where  did  he  actually  file  a  bad  faith  DMCA?    I  only  remember  seeing  baseless  threats  discussed.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1953#addyourcomment" cid="1953" subject="Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite" cid="1953" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1953" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1953">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1953">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1783. 

  1783. </p>
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  1787. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_1969">&nbsp;</div>
    1788. 

  1788. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fc58f9964588eac665a95ffcf4812d70?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 12:45pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1789. 

  1789. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite</h3><div class="cbody">Sorry.  I  missed  that.    But  without  a  name  that  placed  on  it  that  too  is  really  a  baseless  threat.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1969#addyourcomment" cid="1969" subject="Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite" cid="1969" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1969" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1969">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1969">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1790. 

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    1795. 

  1795. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:24pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1796. 

  1796. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite</h3><div class="cbody"><a href='https://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=725583' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> https://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=725583</a>  -  as  Tim  noted  in  the  article.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=1993#addyourcomment" cid="1993" subject="Re: Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite" cid="1993" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_1993" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c1993">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c1993">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1797. 

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  1802. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:26pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1803. 

  1803. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite</h3><div class="cbody">There  is  a  name  on  it,  it's  just  redacted  on  the  Chilling  Effects  page.<br />

    1804. 

  1804. <br />

    1805. 

  1805. <a href='https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22mike+miche%22+%22on+press%22' rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22mike+miche%22+%22on+press%22</a></div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2006#addyourcomment" cid="2006" subject="Re: Re: Re: RE: Shane Has Changed His Tune--In a Good Way...not quite" cid="2006" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2006" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2006">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2006">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1806. 

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  1811. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 1:55pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1812. 

  1812. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re: Re: Re: Declaratory Relief</h3><div class="cbody">Actually  I  think  my  brain  deleted  the  concept  of  Crystal  to  protect  me  from  her  rambling...  It  seems  her  newest  cause  celeb  is  J___R____...    shudder...</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2031#addyourcomment" cid="2031" subject="Re: Re: Re: Re: Declaratory Relief" cid="2031" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2031" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2031">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2031">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1813. 

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  1817. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2054">&nbsp;</div>
    1818. 

  1818. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fc58f9964588eac665a95ffcf4812d70?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 2:00pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1819. 

  1819. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Dispatch from Internet Defense HQ</h3><div class="cbody">Yeah  this  definitely  sounds  like  a  job  for  4chan.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2054#addyourcomment" cid="2054" subject="Re: Dispatch from Internet Defense HQ" cid="2054" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2054" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2054">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2054">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1820. 

  1820. </p>
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  1824. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2069">&nbsp;</div>
    1825. 

  1825. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/669c13e1204ff05025f2e0de9a60155a?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 15th, 2013 @ 5:38pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1826. 

  1826. <div class="cbody">If  only  tongues  were  made  of  glass,  we'd  have  not  speech  to  be  cautious  of.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2069#addyourcomment" cid="2069" subject="" cid="2069" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2069" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2069">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2069">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1827. 

  1827. </p>
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  1828. </div>
    1829. 

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  1830. <div id="cc2084" class="stdcomment">
    1831. 

  1831. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2084">&nbsp;</div>
    1832. 

  1832. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 4:40am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1833. 

  1833. <div class="cbody">So  I  was  bored...  when  I  get  bored  comedy  happens...<br />

    1834. 

  1834. <br />

    1835. 

  1835. On  Press  Inc.  has  nothing  registered  with  the  copyright  office.<br />

    1836. 

  1836. A  Poem  Is  Nothing  -  No  hits  in  the  database.<br />

    1837. 

  1837. Shaun  Shane  -  No  hits  in  the  database.<br />

    1838. 

  1838. Tongues  Made  of  Glass  -  No  hits.<br />

    1839. 

  1839. <br />

    1840. 

  1840. I  wonder  if  anyone  has  informed  Amazon  they  are  offering  a  print  on  demand  book  that  has  no  clear  copyright,  they  could  be  assisting  someone  in  ripping  off  an  artist  or  assisting  in  commercial  copyright  infringement.<br />

    1841. 

  1841. <br />

    1842. 

  1842. As  the  people  maintaining  the  artists  online  information  have  claimed  the  artist  is  dead,  there  is  no  registered  copyright,  no  tangible  leads  to  the  alleged  company,  oh  and  misrepresenting  themselves  as  part  of  a  major  publisher  who  has  never  heard  of  them...  I  think  Amazon  should  consider  the  poor  artist  and  stop  the  sales  until  such  time  as  they  produce  the  proper  documentation  to  shore  up  their  ownership  claims.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2084#addyourcomment" cid="2084" subject="" cid="2084" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2084" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2084">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2084">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1843. 

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    1844. 

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  1847. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2090">&nbsp;</div>
    1848. 

  1848. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 4:55am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1849. 

  1849. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re:</h3><div class="cbody">The  crappy  little  company  hosted  on  yahoo  with  a  single  page  and  the  name  on  the  corporate  registration...  yeah  no  hits  in  the  copyright  db  either.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2090#addyourcomment" cid="2090" subject="Re:" cid="2090" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2090" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2090">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2090">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1850. 

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  1854. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2097">&nbsp;</div>
    1855. 

  1855. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 4:58am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1856. 

  1856. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Dear Sean,</h3><div class="cbody">That  should  be  Dear  Scott,</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2097#addyourcomment" cid="2097" subject="Re: Dear Sean," cid="2097" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2097" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2097">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2097">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1857. 

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    1858. 

  1858. </div>
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  1860. <div id="cc2110" class="stdcomment">
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  1861. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2110">&nbsp;</div>
    1862. 

  1862. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 5:01am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1863. 

  1863. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Re:</h3><div class="cbody">His  company  name  and  location  appears  on  a  DMCA  notice  filed  over  this  stupidity.<br />

    1864. 

  1864. <br />

    1865. 

  1865. He  is  the  primary  of  the  company  and  the  notice  claims  to  be  sent  by  the  owner  of  the  company.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2110#addyourcomment" cid="2110" subject="Re: Re:" cid="2110" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2110" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2110">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2110">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1866. 

  1866. </p>
    1867. 

  1867. </div>
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  1869. <div id="cc2129" class="stdcomment">
    1870. 

  1870. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2129">&nbsp;</div>
    1871. 

  1871. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9c5473b6438eb5424e2b851db8cb9123?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>On Press Inc.</b>, <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 4:50pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1872. 

  1872. <h3 class="commentsubject">We'd like to thank you</h3><div class="cbody">This  is  On  Press.  We  actually  have  to  thank  you  Mr.Cushing.  While  at  first  we  dimissed  your  post  as  simpleminded  reactionism,  you  have  brought  quite  abit  of  attention  to  Shane's  work.  So  much  so,  that  we  have  sold  3219  (as  to  this  hour)of  Shane's  book  in  the  last  two  days(  more  than  we  do  in  a  month)  and  have  recieved  thousands  of  emails  stating  how  much  people  like  his  work.  So,  by  all  means  keep  going.  Your  the  best  advertisment  we  have.  Most  people  seem  to  not  accept  your  position  that  using  someone's  work  without  credit  is  acceptable.  With  much  thanks,  On  Press  Inc.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2129#addyourcomment" cid="2129" subject="We'd like to thank you" cid="2129" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2129" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2129">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2129">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1873. 

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  1877. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2136">&nbsp;</div>
    1878. 

  1878. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 5:54pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1879. 

  1879. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: We'd like to thank you</h3><div class="cbody">I  think  Howard  Knopf  would  also  like  to  thank  you.  By  making  you  misuse  of  his  name  so  visible  to  him,  it  will  be  much  easier  for  him  to  drop  a  train  on  you.<br />

    1880. 

  1880. <br />

    1881. 

  1881. Those  with  glass  tongues,  break  easier  when  getting  crushed.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2136#addyourcomment" cid="2136" subject="Re: We'd like to thank you" cid="2136" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2136" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2136">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2136">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1882. 

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  1886. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2142">&nbsp;</div>
    1887. 

  1887. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 6:09pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1888. 

  1888. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: We'd like to thank you</h3><div class="cbody">Oh  yeah,  and  I  highly  recommend  you  continue  bragging  about  the  revenue  you've  gained  as  a  pretend  division  of  Knopf.  I'm  sure  a  judge  will  be  quite  interested  to  hear  it.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2142#addyourcomment" cid="2142" subject="Re: We'd like to thank you" cid="2142" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2142" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2142">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2142">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1889. 

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  1893. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2165">&nbsp;</div>
    1894. 

  1894. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 6:17pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1895. 

  1895. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: We'd like to thank you</h3><div class="cbody">Oops,  meant  *Alfred"  Knopf.  Oh  well,  I  bet  Howard  Knopf  would  get  a  laugh  out  of  you  too.  :)</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2165#addyourcomment" cid="2165" subject="Re: We'd like to thank you" cid="2165" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2165" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2165">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2165">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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    1901. 

  1901. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Ehud Gavron</b> (<a href="/user/gavron">profile</a>), <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 6:38pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1902. 

  1902. <h3 class="commentsubject">The funny thing is...</h3><div class="cbody">I  read  this  quote  and  thought  I'd  share  it  with  you,  but  I've  attributed  it  so  I  should  be  safe  from  Shaun's  multiple  personality  disorder.<br />

    1903. 

  1903. <br />

    1904. 

  1904. "If  only  tongues  were  made  of  glass  how  much  more  careful  we  would  be  when  we  speak"  --  Twitter<br />

    1905. 

  1905. <br />

    1906. 

  1906. Ehud</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2166#addyourcomment" cid="2166" subject="The funny thing is..." cid="2166" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2166" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2166">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2166">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1907. 

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  1912. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d1c8c607359f08fb0095213b8b14b06?d=identicon&s=20" width="20" height="20" alt="identicon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Anonymous Coward</b>, <i>Feb 16th, 2013 @ 8:44pm</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1913. 

  1913. <div class="cbody">It's  hilarious  how  On  Press  just  posted  their  comment  above  with  no  real  proof  that  they  sold  copies  of  that  book.  hey,  I  sold  $32  million  dollars  in  DVDs  (but  I  have  no  proof  of  that).<br />

    1914. 

  1914. <br />

    1915. 

  1915. This  is  the  internet  so  you  have  to  believe  me.<br />

    1916. 

  1916. <br />

    1917. 

  1917. lols<br />

    1918. 

  1918. <br />

    1919. 

  1919. Good  one,  Mr.  On  Press  Inc.  Tell  another  lie.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2190#addyourcomment" cid="2190" subject="" cid="2190" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2190" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2190">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2190">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1920. 

  1920. </p>
    1921. 

  1921. </div>
    1922. 

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    1923. 

  1923. <div id="cc2209" class="stdcomment">
    1924. 

  1924. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2209">&nbsp;</div>
    1925. 

  1925. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/15/99/u15994_30x0.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>That Anonymous Coward</b> (<a href="/user/jdoe668">profile</a>), <i>Feb 17th, 2013 @ 10:02am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1926. 

  1926. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: We'd like to thank you</h3><div class="cbody">I'm  glad  your  happy  Steve.<br />

    1927. 

  1927. By  the  way  you  pretending  the  material  is  covered  by  copyright  does  raise  some  questions.    <br /> 

    1928. 

  1928. Its  never  been  filed,  so  how  do  you  keep  from  being  sued  for  copy-fraud?<br />

    1929. 

  1929. I  mean  how  can  you  hold  the  rights  to  anothers  work  when  the  rights  were  never  assigned  to  your  tiny  little  crap  factory.    Or  is  that  your  secret,  is  you  take  the  work  of  self  important  poets  who  died  and  claim  the  work  as  your  own  and  profit.    No  one  is  left  to  raise  a  fuss  as  you  profit  from  the  work  of  a  deadman...<br />

    1930. 

  1930. Your  willing  to  lie  about  the  position  of  your  company  so  its  not  a  stretch  to  see  you  stealing  an  artists  work  to  enrich  yourself.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2209#addyourcomment" cid="2209" subject="Re: We'd like to thank you" cid="2209" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2209" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2209">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2209">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1931. 

  1931. </p>
    1932. 

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    1935. 

  1935. <div class="rate_cmnt" id="rc_2221">&nbsp;</div>
    1936. 

  1936. <div class="commentname"><img class="tds" src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Ehud Gavron</b> (<a href="/user/gavron">profile</a>), <i>Feb 17th, 2013 @ 10:21am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1937. 

  1937. <h3 class="commentsubject">Illiteracy of the Shaun-personalities</h3><div class="cbody">Dear  Multi-Personalities-Of-Shaun:<br />

    1938. 

  1938. <br />

    1939. 

  1939. Your  means  "owned  by  you."<br />

    1940. 

  1940. You're  means  "you  are".<br />

    1941. 

  1941. <br />

    1942. 

  1942. Sentences  need  verbs  to  not  be  fragments&gt;<br />

    1943. 

  1943. <br />

    1944. 

  1944. Now  here  we  go:<br />

    1945. 

  1945. &gt;  I'm  glad  your  happy  Steve<br />

    1946. 

  1946. There's  that  your/you're  thing  I  was  mentioning.<br />

    1947. 

  1947. <br />

    1948. 

  1948. &gt;  By  the  way  you  pretending  the  material  is  covered  by  copyright  does  raise  some  questions.  <br /> 

    1949. 

  1949. There's  that  lacking  a  verb  thing  I  was  mentioning.<br />

    1950. 

  1950. <br />

    1951. 

  1951. Kindly  take  your  multi-personality-disorder  self  and  go  all  the  way  back  to  the  third  grade.    That  way  you  can  learn  that  words  that  sound  the  same  (your,  you're,  it's,  its,  there,  their,  they're)  don't  mean  the  same  thing.    You'll  also  learn  sentence  diagramming,  which  will  help  your  illiteracy  as  you'll  see  verbs  really  ARE  required  in  a  sentence.<br />

    1952. 

  1952. <br />

    1953. 

  1953. Need  more  meds.    The  Shaun  multi-personality-beast  appears  stupid  and  illiterate.    This  will  not  sell  more  bs  books  of  hokey  poems.<br />

    1954. 

  1954. <br />

    1955. 

  1955. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  from  glass  would  ass-kissers  cause  bleeding  rectums?<br />

    1956. 

  1956. <br />

    1957. 

  1957. E</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2221#addyourcomment" cid="2221" subject="Illiteracy of the Shaun-personalities" cid="2221" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2221" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2221">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2221">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1958. 

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    1959. 

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    1963. 

  1963. <div class="commentname"><img src="http://cdn.techdirt.com/i/user/no-icon.jpg" width="30" alt="icon" /><div style="display:inline;"><b>Morality124</b> (<a href="/user/morality124">profile</a>), <i>Feb 17th, 2013 @ 11:38am</i></div><br style="clear:both;" /></div>
    1964. 

  1964. <h3 class="commentsubject">Re: Illiteracy of the Shaun-personalities</h3><div class="cbody">Um,  I  don't  know  if  you  realize  Ehud,  but  the  comment  you  are  quoting  was  against  Shaun/Steve/James/Mike/Sean/Micheal.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2223#addyourcomment" cid="2223" subject="Re: Illiteracy of the Shaun-personalities" cid="2223" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2223" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2223">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2223">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
    1965. 

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    1966. 

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    1971. 

  1971. <h3 class="commentsubject">Confusion of the Shauns</h3><div class="cbody">Sorry,  I  get  them  all  confused,  the  pseudo-shauns,  the  fake-shauns,  the  other  personalities,  and  the  ones  who  argue  against  them.<br />

    1972. 

  1972. <br />

    1973. 

  1973. How  sharper  than  a  child's  tooth  it  is  to  have  a  thankless  serpent.<br />

    1974. 

  1974. <br />

    1975. 

  1975. If  only  our  tongues  were  made  of  glass  we'd  be  silicon  beings  from  Star  Trek.</div><p class="cmt_ops" style="float:right;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p><p class="cmt_ops">[&nbsp;<a class="cmtrp" href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?cid=2240#addyourcomment" cid="2240" subject="Confusion of the Shauns" cid="2240" title="Reply to this comment..." id="cmmt_link_2240" rel="nofollow">reply to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c2240">link to this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/articles/20130211/20400521946/bizarre-attribution-troll-bullies-twitter-users-into-compliance-with-baseless-legal-threats.shtml?threaded=true#c2240">view in thread</a>&nbsp;]
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