LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court

drewmoney writes "According to an article on Groklaw: It's begun in a Nigerian court. LANCOR has actually done it. Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria."

Why don't the Nigerians just

[LM741N]

get their money from all those secret accounts that I keep getting emailed about.

Dollars $ Dollars

[Anonymous Coward]

$20 million dollars in damages...

Tutorial:

Q: How do you pronounce "$20"
A: "Twenty dollars"

Q: How do you pronounce "$20 million"
A: "Twenty million dollars"

Q: How do you pronounce "$20 million dollars"
A: "Twenty million dollars dollars"

You're welcome.
 

Fuller version...

[nick_davison]

Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria.

...and someone to help them get the $20 million dollars out of the country. They are willing to give 25% to anyone who will.

OLPC defense fund

[Broken Toys]

When I collect my $25 million from the Honorable Juju Majinki, who is holding these funds in trust, I plan to donate part of those funds to the OLPC defense fund.

Re:Why don't the Nigerians just

[Anonymous Coward]

Nigerian moderator?

Re:keyboard in dispute not used in production devi

[eebra82]

From a RIAA lawyers perspective, this is just fine. Add a little immorality (deprived children), do some simple math (300 * $66,666 = $20,000,000) and voila!

Re:Why don't the Nigerians just

[Phroggy]

get their money from all those secret accounts that I keep getting emailed about.

Well, we would, but you see, there are a lot of legal fees involved in that kind of transaction. It's actually easier just to transfer the money out of the country, to an American bank account, and then transfer it back. If you'd be so kind as to give me your bank account number, I could just send you the money, and then you could send it back to me. Obviously I'd be willing to compensate you quite well for your time, all I need is to borrow about $5,000 from you up front to help offset the legal fees, and then I'll be able to take care of everything and pay you $100,000 for your time. Let me know if I can count on your support!

(No, I'm not really Nigerian.)

Question Mark

[Anonymous Coward]

Q: How do you pronounce "$20"
A: "Twenty dollars"

Tutorial:

Q: How do you end a question?
A: With a question mark.

Q: How do you end a statement?
A: With a period.

Q: What do you call a grammar nazi whose mock questions don't end in question marks?
A: Dumb.

Re:Dollars $ Dollars

[Anonymous Coward]

Inasmuch as I own the copyright on the use of the term "$20 million dollars" and you have irreparably wasted my time, I am instructing my lawyers to sue you for $30 million dollars. However, you may avoid the costs of a trial by sending $10,000 dollars to me care of Western Union wire transfer.

-- Bogo Mugubwai, Nigeria

Re:Question Mark

[SamP2]

Tutorial:

Q: Should the word "Nazi" be capitalized?
A: Yes.

Q: Do you hold article comments to the same grammatical standards as the articles themselves?
A: No.

Q: What do you call someone who does the above for no reason other than to attract attention and cause disruption?
A: A troll.

Re:Why don't the Nigerians just

[Anonymous Coward]

If you made more spelling mistakes and invoked Jesus's blessing, I might've mistaken you for an authentic scammer.

Re:Question Mark

[Cylix]

Tutorial

Q: Should tutorial be the new fad?
A: Yes.

Q: Does it seem weak and unimaginative?
A: Yes.

Q: Then why persist?
A: In the mere hopes that it offends at least one person.

Re:Question Mark

[iowannaski]

Tutorial

Q: Is "it offends at least one person" a single hope?
A: Yes.

Q: Should "hopes" therefore be "hope"?
A: Yes.

Q: ??
A: Profit!!

Re:Why don't the Nigerians just

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Sir,

My name is Prince Anonoomosa C'ow-Ard of the Nigerian Royal Family. Recently my family has been driven from power by Marxist revolutionaries. I need your kind help to move my family's enormous stash of TWO HUNDRED MILLION mod points out of the country. In exchange for your help I am willing to offer to you ten percent of this sum, deposited into the comments of your choice. As a gesture of good faith on your part, please mod this comment up.

Mod parent down

[Esteban]

Holy moly. I just realized I chimed in with a grammatical comment on a post about OLPC and Nigerian "courts.".

Re:Don't do business there

[Anonymous Coward]

Then it'd probably be unsafe for children.

Re:Thats just it

[ErroneousBee]

I've done some careful research on this, and I believe the Africans got to Africa before the Europeans.

Re:Die OLPC, Die.

[Fear the Clam]

It's just a QWERTY keyboard with a second shift key

Sounds shifty to me.

Seriously, though, don't most keyboards have two shift keys (and a caplocks key)?