Google sued as PetsWarehouse Lawsuit Continues. 988
Ikari Gendou writes "In April, Slashdot reported that Robert Novak, owner of Internet pet store Pets Warehouse filed a $15,000,000US lawsuit against several individuals who made comments about his company's poor service on an Internet mailing list. Also named in it and in the suit that followed were the owner of the mailing list, the owners of several informational sites about the lawsuit, the owners of other forums where the lawsuit was discussed, the attorney for the defense, and several sites that merely ran banner ads promoting the defense fund set up for the lawsuit. Some defendents settled out of fear, and were forced to pay cash, transfer their personal domain names to Novak, or even run banner ads for Petswarehouse on their websites. Now, the attorney for the defense has announced that in round three of the lawsuit, Google has been sued, as well as several other sites that have carried news about the lawsuit, such as search engine Judge-For-Yourself.com and pet stores DoctorDog.com and FerretStore.com. Robert Novak is representing himself in this lawsuit, and thus it is effectively costing him nothing to persue this campaign of harassment. He's already gotten several thousand dollars from settlements and cost the defendents considerably more than that in legal fees. More details should be posted soon here, including court documents that tell why Google was added to the suit."
WTF? (Score:1, Funny)
Hey, somebody, sometime, somewhere, said something I think that just maybe might have been true but I think that I maybe didn't like it. F^CK IT, I'm suing everybody.
Just make him look like a dumbass (Score:1, Funny)
Careful (Score:2, Funny)
Awww......forget it......fuck em.
Re:WTF? (Score:3, Funny)
/. watch out! (Score:2, Funny)
bad page! bad page!! (Score:4, Funny)
I bet he was teased in high school and wants to get back at all the bullies.
*sigh*
Be careful what you say about Mr. Novak (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Careful (Score:3, Funny)
Somehow I don't think Pets Warehouse has the same clout as Microsoft or Scientology.. I expect Mr. Taco would rally the troops and fuck Mr. Novack up very severely.
Of course, I think google may do the same.
Hey google.. wanna own a shitty pet store? (oh god, is he going to sue
Re:Careful (Score:3, Funny)
Ya be careful people! Just linking to google [google.ca] could get /. into a whole lot of trouble.
my experience with PET WAREHOUSE dot com (Score:4, Funny)
i sent a mail to mr. novak and he told me to go eff myself with a shovel. now THAT is what i call customer service. anyway, i've got a new dog now, I called her eva braun, and i will NOT be ordering any more "OL' ROY" from PET WAREHOUSE
your buddy
--gbd
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:5, Funny)
So, whatever you do, try not to visit his website. Don't hit Shift-reload over and over again. Don't ask all your friends to visit it and hit shift-reload over and over again.
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:2, Funny)
With apologies to SomethingAwful (Score:4, Funny)
Some mean person made very nasty remarks about my crappy online store. Since we now live in a world where every single whining crybaby threatens to sue somebody over the most trivial of things, I feel I want to sue a person who made some comments on their website. Sure, my knowledge of the legal system is little to none, but I really want to sue these guys because they are so mean! I have obviously never done any research on libel, or I would've learned the following information:
Ideas and opinions, whether true of false, cannot constitutionally be subject to libel claims.
However, my lawyer, who also works the night shift at the local Dairy Queen, says I can sue for MILLIONS of dollars! I tend to believe him, because I once saw him wear an expensive suit and I think that makes him smart.
Sincerely,
Mr Novak"
Re:Does anyone have a link to the story about... (Score:2, Funny)
There was a guy who posting anti-VW comments on a automotive enthusiast message board...
I don't care whether you're "googled-out" or not, mister! You better get out there and find that ad before Google is nothing more than a link to Pets Warehouse!
Re:If he's suing news sites... (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry. (Score:4, Funny)
Sued for A'Slashdottin ? (Score:4, Funny)
"slashdottin my site? thats a paddle'in" (jasper)
Re:Is SlashDot on this list? (Score:3, Funny)
The RIAA would not like that.
Pets Warehouse (Score:5, Funny)
New Google feature! (Score:5, Funny)
Want to know how we did it? Sure, we'll tell you! Some moron sued us and we won! We got his pet store and now it makes us a mint!
Re:bad page! bad page!! (Score:5, Funny)
This letter is to inform you of a class action lawsuit filed against Pets Warehouse ("the Company") on behalf of the rest of the world ("Everybody").
Everybody asserts that the Company has caused irreversible harm and mental anguish by the use of excessive blink tags and animated gifs on the Company's website. Everybody hereby claims the right to compensation for the aforementioned ailments caused by the Company's lack of taste.
Regards,
Everybody
Re:Be careful what you say about Mr. Novak (Score:3, Funny)
Can I be addedd now? I have a *very* rich friend who would love to bankroll a fight against this twat.
Don't look now... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One Word... (Score:5, Funny)
OMG, THIS d00d IS WALLHAX0R1NG!!!!
I thought this was why we had judges! (Score:5, Funny)
But here goes: SUMMARY JUDGEMENT.
You can file suits till the cows come home... BUT WTF?! Summons, subpoena, discovery, WITH NO PRIMA FACIA CASE!
How is he gonna establish jurisdiction?! Suing google?
Whatever-
SECTION 11 of fed civil procedure for FRADULENTLY suing for defamation... and judges can fine people for filing frivilous suits!
Challenge this biatch and get him slapped the fuck down.
dole budgers/pensioners should slander him (Score:5, Funny)
1, many don't respond to non-personal mail.
2, half of them pretend their just some flatmate if a stranger such as a bailife or summons server knocks on the door. It becomes habit through years of not paying traffic fines & getting cought on the train without a ticket.
3, they've got bugger all assets, at most maybe a old unregisted car that's either seeing out its days as a shed in the front yard, or, but for a old coat hanger & some bog, is due to see out its days as a shed in the front yard.
4, you can't garnish their incomes.
I know, I've been sued 3 times, & in each case they just gave up.
Re:A Modern Day Morality Tale (Score:5, Funny)
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:2, Funny)
while true; do wget http://www.petswarehouse.com/; done
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:4, Funny)
until false; do lynx -source http://oh, I don't know/ > /dev/null ; sleep $(( RANDOM / 1024 + 1 )); done
and then accidently hit enter in a Bash shell...
His message board! Quck before he changes it!!! (Score:5, Funny)
login: test
password: test
Feel free to post your "comments" without having to give personal details to register!!!
He wants legal fees? (Score:1, Funny)
Why exactly should he get "reasonable attorneys fees" when he's representing himself?
I notice on his website... (Score:4, Funny)
Life is tough when you're a litigious numpty.
Re:Be careful what you say about Mr. Novak (Score:5, Funny)
Are you implying that you believe Mr. Novak of Petswarehouse.com is a no-good, rat-bastard, slimy, underhanded, weaseling gutless scumbag?
I would advise you to be more cautious in the future. The NGRBSUWGSADL - No-Good Rat Bastard Slimy Underhanded Weaseling Gutless Scumbag Anti-Defamation League - might sue you for libel.
I really hope (Score:3, Funny)
My Ferret wants a word with you (Score:2, Funny)
Mr. Novak, if I were you I would keep my windows shut and my door locked. If someone knocks at your door do not answer it. Instead you should hire a professional arbitrator and have this skilled individual personally negotiate with the ferrets. Believe me, I know Ripper, Stinky, and Crabby personally. You had better not mess with them!
THE FERRETS UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!
Good points, but lets talk about this case... (Score:5, Funny)
You obviously don't understand how this works...
you are correct, sir! I thought my clarification (IANALBMWISTBO) meant that heretofor be ignored as a raving moron!
Instead you get paperwork out the wazzo, all billed at 200 dollars an hour. Few companies, every the very rich are willing to even deal with it
How much paper work does it take for a law firm to send a letter saying "Dear Mr Novak. BRING IT THE FUCK ON. Mr. I Sue-you, esquire"
He doesn't have a legal leg to stand on.
lets look at this case- this isn't about SONY who can TOTALLY write off $30mill or that there may be a technical point of merit,
this is about Mr and Mrs domain name holder standing their ground. Novak is suing pro se, so defend yourself pro se. Counter sue pro se.
You won't have to argue in front of the judge, s/he will spend too much time ripping Novak a new one for this frivilous shit!
Yes lawyers are taught that going in front of a judge is the worst thing. But I can't imagine a lawyer saying "wow, this guy is filing all this stuff. I'm scared. Lets' settle!" I see them saying "this is so much bullshit, that I'm gonna try to take my fees directly out of Novak's ass."
Just becuase Novak files papers doesn't mean it will get past prima facia. You sit on your ass, you don't see 1 day in the court room.
/. effect. (Score:5, Funny)
But you /. freakos are maxing out his bandwidth, apparently. Don't any of you DARE set auto-reload on that site! That's MY strategy.
This reverse-psychology was brought to you by...
Re:"It's unrealistic" (Score:4, Funny)
As they say up here, "mange la merde!"
Re:Sued for A'Slashdottin ? (Score:5, Funny)
check out the website (Score:5, Funny)
Now, don't everybody hit that up a lot because selecting everything with 'a' from their database, and then jumping to the 20th page is a lot of work and it would cause unneeded strain on their website.
However, it's very useful if you are interested in viewing the depth of the petswarehouse catalog.
Re:Just make him look like a dumbass (Score:1, Funny)
Stop bullying me! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:4, Funny)
lol! It is horribly slow, took about 5 minutes to come up for me. Although, I just left it in the back and kept reading other stuff, checking it every minute or two.
Once you are able to get the main page to load though, scroll down a tad to their message board section, it's hilarious:
New Forum Messages--Join us
Welcome Novak is a moron
Welcome www.petwarehouse.com, not www.petsw...
Welcome Robert Novak sues again!!!
Welcome Robert Novak ate my baby!
Just Conversation seeing eye dogs
Dog Behavior What food is Best
Dog Behavior Wellness Food
Marine Saltwater fish adding calcium
Re:One Word... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:bad page! bad page!! (Score:2, Funny)
PetsWarehouse vs. Scientology? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:5, Funny)
Post your experiences with PetsWarehouse here!! (Score:1, Funny)
I'll start...
Last week I had my dog in there for some grooming. When I picked her up she seemed out of sorts and I took her to the vet. Apparently she had been anally raped at PetsWarehouse!
Simpsons reference (Score:2, Funny)
Thanks for reminding me! (Score:5, Funny)
NOVAK SUCKS COCK (Score:1, Funny)
is that enough slander? I could add more..
WHAT A FUCKHEAD
(none of the above is true, but he definitely is a fuckhead)
From Associated Press: (Score:3, Funny)
'The amount of hate mail I get has virtually trippled in the last year,' Mr. Novak said in a statement to the press, 'this has got to stop.'.
The damages in the suit are unspecified yet, but mr Novak's lawyers have stated that one of the remedies they will seek is that Mr. Novak no 2 have his name legally changed to something less confusing. They alledge that he changed his name to "Robert Novak" in 1996, just as Bob Novak was gaining prominence for his appearances on CNN.
'We have received reports that his name before that was "Roberto Perdikakis"' a representative of mr. Novak's said Wednesday morning.
Re:Sorry. (Score:5, Funny)
That's too bad, because that infringes on my existing patent of "suing everybody" using the internet.
Re:WTF? If unsure call and ask 1-800-991-3299 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Be careful what you say about Mr. Novak (Score:2, Funny)
Let's All Phone! (Score:2, Funny)
Gosh, maybe we all should phone tomorrow to check. Heck, phone back today just to make sure.
Inquiry (Score:2, Funny)
Re:His site hasn't been slashdotted yet! (Score:3, Funny)
Nah, waiting $RANDOM seconds between hits leaves us with a non organized attack- what if I use one of those glass birds full of Freon 11 that keep bobbing up and down for the water to click my reload button- are they going to lock me up, the glass bird, or the keyboard for "being in the wrong place at the wrong time?" Cause I can say that I don't know the bird, but all he's got is the right to remain silent.
A Freedom Fighter would do this in bash:
wh1le:;do wget http://some.site>/dev/null;d0ne
if the web server is worth its salt, it'll stop listening to you after like 4 seconds.
ack! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sorry. (Score:3, Funny)
Huh? I thought Scientology had that one already?
BWP
Re:Is SlashDot on this list? (Score:2, Funny)
nah, we just need a trapdoor in each court room
Judge : Okay Mr Novak, just stand a little to the left
*Novak moves over to stand on large off colored square in the floor*
Novak : Okay
*judges pressed big red button under desk, trapdoor opens underneath Novak*
Novak : AIIIIIEEEEE!!!!
Judge : Case Dismissed
Smithers : I dont know sir.
*somewhere in a far off middle eastern country*
DANCE!!!DANCE!!!DANCE!!!DANCE!!