Peter Thiel vs Gawker

[mongers]

Eh, fuck Gawker. The world is a better place without their sociopathic clickbait.

First they came for the sociopathic clickbait,

then they came for the titillating click-bait,

then they came for the slighting annoying click-bait,

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

[Legbiter]

Eh, fuck Gawker. The world is a better place without their sociopathic clickbait.

First they came for the sociopathic clickbait,

then they came for the titillating click-bait,

then they came for the slighting annoying click-bait,

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

Not really.

Bankrupting immoral shitbags like Gawker is good for journalism.

[mongers]

Eh, fuck Gawker. The world is a better place without their sociopathic clickbait.

First they came for the sociopathic clickbait,

then they came for the titillating click-bait,

then they came for the slighting annoying click-bait,

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

Not really.

Bankrupting immoral shitbags like Gawker is good for journalism.

Whoosh.

[The Minsky Moment]

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

Unfortunately the only ones coming for Yahoo are second tier greenmailers.

[The Minsky Moment]

Can't come up with an easy answer to protect everybody's rights and prevent abuse, so I guess I have nothing useful to contribute.

I don't have any great answers either. 

[Razgovory]

I rather prefer a society that allows you to print nearly anything.

[Jacob]

Eh, fuck Gawker. The world is a better place without their sociopathic clickbait.

First they came for the sociopathic clickbait,

then they came for the titillating click-bait,

then they came for the slighting annoying click-bait,

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

Where does languish fit in that scheme?

[mongers]

Eh, fuck Gawker. The world is a better place without their sociopathic clickbait.

First they came for the sociopathic clickbait,

then they came for the titillating click-bait,

then they came for the slighting annoying click-bait,

finally they came for my Yahoo.   

Where does languish fit in that scheme?

It doesn't, it was a lame joke concluding with dig at My Yahoo, that both Legbiter JR took seriously. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Maybe gawker should get their own billionaire backer.

[Jacob]

Also weird that a billionaire enemy of Thiel is now funding Gawker's legal fees.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

... I missed that. What's the story there?

[Monoriu]

There used to be prohibitions against that sort of thing: "champerty and maintenance". "Maintenance" was a stranger supporting a lawsuit; "champerty" was "maintenance" with the object of taking a share of the proceeds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champerty_and_maintenance

This seems to be "maintenance" rather than "champerty" (from what little I'vre read, his motive was to encourage litigation against Gawker, not to make money from it).

Those prohibitions have been significantly eroded over time (what is a contingency fee, but a sort of champerty?). No idea whether they even exist in the US any more.

Hong Kong still forbids lawyers from taking contingency fees upon winning a civil lawsuit. 

[alfred russel]

Also weird that a billionaire enemy of Thiel is now funding Gawker's legal fees.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

In the future present, we will be are just pawns of the billionaire class to use in their power struggles and petty feuds.

[Monoriu]

Also weird that a billionaire enemy of Thiel is now funding Gawker's legal fees.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

In the future present, we will be are just pawns of the billionaire class to use in their power struggles and petty feuds.

I don't mind serving as a pawn.  What I truly fear is when the billionaire class don't even need me as a pawn. 

[jimmy olsen]

There's no way to ban this kind of legal bankrolling without gutting the ACLU, NAACP, etc.

[Martinus]

Maybe gawker should get their own billionaire backer.

Or Languish. Although most posters here are clearly on George Soros's pay already.