DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoGiven the Onion's purchase of Infowars was rejected by a judge a while ago, I think at this point they should just buy the company anyway. Seriously!message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareGiven the Onion's purchase of Infowars was rejected by a judge a while ago, I think at this point they should just buy the company anyway. Seriously!DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·8 days agoUnfortunately that’s not how that works. They can’t ‘just buy the company’ because infowars won’t sell to them. …but they could infringe the fuck out of the ip
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoSo if I lose a lawsuit can my money decide it doesn’t want to go to the other person’s account?
minus-squareDupelet@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s not Alex Jones making that decision, it’s the courts
minus-squareDupelet@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI think you mean Alex Jones won’t sell to them. But it doesn’t matter even if he wanted to, since at this point it’s effectively govt property and it’s the govt officials who decide.
minus-squareDupelet@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoWell in theory, the courts, which are a separate arm of the govt. In theory.
Unfortunately that’s not how that works. They can’t ‘just buy the company’ because infowars won’t sell to them.
…but they could infringe the fuck out of the ip
So if I lose a lawsuit can my money decide it doesn’t want to go to the other person’s account?
It’s not Alex Jones making that decision, it’s the courts
I think you mean Alex Jones won’t sell to them. But it doesn’t matter even if he wanted to, since at this point it’s effectively govt property and it’s the govt officials who decide.
This current government?
Well in theory, the courts, which are a separate arm of the govt. In theory.