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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:11PM from the turn-yourself-in-for-ten-grand dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Raymond Niro of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro is fighting back against criticism from the Patent Troll Tracker blog by offering a $10,000 bounty for the identity of the person behind it. He thinks the blogger might work for Microsoft, Intel, or has connections to a 'serial infringer' and that could 'color' what they say."

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Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? (Score:5, Funny)

by eldavojohn ( 898314 ) * writes: <eldavojohn@gma[ ]com ['il.' in gap]> on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:12PM (#22214846) Journal

This reminds me of the time Richard Stallman offered a half eaten french fry and all the change he could find in all the couches of MIT's student commons area for the identity of an Anonymous Coward on Slashdot that called him a "tree hugging bearded hippie."

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Re:Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? (Score:3, Funny)

by cdrdude ( 904978 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:15PM (#22214892) Journal

It was half eaten? Stallman said it came that way :(

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It's obvious who it is (Score:5, Funny)

by ProteusQ ( 665382 ) writes: <dontbother@nowDE ... om minus painter> on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:18PM (#22214944) Journal

CowboyNeal. Isn't that the answer to everything around here?

(Attention lawyers: I'm _kidding_! Put the subpoena down!)

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Scam him! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:21PM (#22214984)

Find some random guy i thailand, cut a deal with him to admit it's him.
Laugh at said lawyer.
Untill he realises it and offers another 10k bounty for your identity.

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Re:So long as said blogger is truthful.... (Score:2, Funny)

by KublaiKhan ( 522918 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:25PM (#22215070) Homepage Journal

Perhaps I could email Mr. Troll Tracker and let 'im know that I could use the $10k, and could I have his contact information to pass onto this sad sack of a lawyer who apparently is unable to engage any of the numerous detective firms out there who could find his information for much less--or even to take the time to ask nicely?

Whaddaya think, would it work? I really could use the $10k...trying to save up for a wedding, and it's slow going.

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Re:Counter-Offer (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:53PM (#22215488)

My best friends call me "cash".

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Is it Rumplestilskin? (Score:5, Funny)

by blanchae ( 965013 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:55PM (#22215514) Homepage

Can I have the $10,000 now?

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Re:Reality check (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:02PM (#22215616)

I would have reservations if I was a Native American.

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Re:So long as said blogger is truthful.... (Score:3, Funny)

by rk ( 6314 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:23PM (#22215818) Journal

Thus spake the Anonymous Coward...

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we can win this. (Score:4, Funny)

by DingerX ( 847589 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:27PM (#22215866) Journal

Go to questionable startup rate your prof^H^H^H^Hlawyer [lawyerratingz.com] and pull up their list of IP and Patent lawyers. Send "registered" emails from separate accounts for each name on the list. Then, if he should ever determine the identity, chances are it's on the list, and whoever sent the email will have a good claim on the money. That is provided, of course, said mouthpiece doesn't accuse the snitch of participating in a conspiracy to do exactly that. So the flipside is that if we spam the address with false positives, either the real stoolie will have little hope of making any money off of it, or we get in on the action.

I'm just speaking hypothetically, of course. I'm pretty sure someone else holds a patent on this sort of spam, and the lawyer involved has set an elaborate trap for an infringement suit.

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Nothing to worry about ... (Score:5, Funny)

by golodh ( 893453 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:27PM (#22215868)

Well, nice mr. Niro probably wants to know the identity of the anonymous blogger to have a chance to have an intimate legal conversation with him. Lawyer talking shop to lawyer as it where, in a private setting.
I really don't see the problem, do you? I'm certain it will all be legal, so there's nothing to worry about. No. Really.

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Re:Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? (oblig) (Score:1, Funny)

by GoombaTroopa ( 1022351 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:28PM (#22215886)

I'm Troll Tracker, and so's my wife!

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Re:Counter-Offer (Score:5, Funny)

by aussie_a ( 778472 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:33PM (#22215926) Journal

I'll arrest anyone who doesn't tell me who this Anonymous Coward is.

- The D.A.

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Re:So long as said blogger is truthful.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:58PM (#22216124)

Buying a bride now days can be so expensive, I feel for you!

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Re:Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? (Score:3, Funny)

by mrmeval ( 662166 ) writes: <.moc.oohay. .ta. .lavemcj.> on Monday January 28, 2008 @09:26PM (#22216424) Journal

I'll give a half eaten tortas and a bag of doritos if someone posts the lawyers home address and phone number. I'll through in some guacamole dip if you can get his cell phone number.

El tortas no es una mentira!

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Re:Reality check (Score:4, Funny)

by snickkers ( 1023847 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @11:44PM (#22217508)

You're totally right. We've all got so caught up in all the arguing and bickering that we've forgotten what's really important. What's really important is which god you believe in.

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I confess (Score:2, Funny)

by kevinkitching ( 1177875 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @12:19AM (#22217778)

I am Spartacus.
Gimme my ten grand, punk!

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Re:Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @02:05AM (#22218440)

You idiot. You posted anonymously. Now how are you going to get your Doritos?

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ethical quandary (Score:4, Funny)

by f1055man ( 951955 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @03:26AM (#22218802)

I don't believe in imaginary property either, but I do believe in $10,000. ....I'll take the case!

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I'm the blogger (Score:3, Funny)

by Rob T Firefly ( 844560 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @10:05AM (#22220864) Homepage Journal

and so is my wife.

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