AOL: From ISP to Gold digger
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AOL just went from ISP to gold digger, according to the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501194.html
To be honest, I do believe AOL is in it's right to do this. In fact, it should be allowed for any person/company to do such things when the other party might have large sums of money in the form of goods.
Toolmaker
they should have aol customers be able to go there and dig for it...like they did with the last batch of spammer seized goods.
This is a weird way to hold onto your spam earnings.
I think we should just bring him out and let the AOL customers take it out of his hide. They can give out cat-o-nine-tails at the door and offer one whack for fifty bucks. I'd buy several.
I think we should just bring him out and let the AOL customers take it out of his hide. They can give out cat-o-nine-tails at the door and offer one whack for fifty bucks. I'd buy several.
It'll never happen, and good thing. AOL has no right to disturb anybody's property, let alone somebody completely uninvoled with the relevant suit.
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Quote:Original post by Conner McCloud
It'll never happen, and good thing. AOL has no right to disturb anybody's property, let alone somebody completely uninvoled with the relevant suit.
CM
How do you figure? The guy bought gold and hid it so that it couldn't be seized as an assett. If AOL can't go after it, then a loophole is created nullifying every future lawsuit. Corporations would run land burial exchanges and buy billions of dollars worth of gold so that they could never be sued.
You lose rights when you commit crimes.
Assuming the guy bought the gold as soon as he found out he'd lost the lawsuit, he's already a lot richer. Gold has appreciated about 62% in the last 12 months: that $12 million he sacked away could now be worth around $20 million. Ka-ching.
The gold isn't on the man's property, AOL shouldn't be able to do anything about it. Besides, maybe this will cause AOL to shut down a bit sooner.
Its a bit much though to go digging in the guys parents property!
On the other hand, if they find some, then good for them, and then hopefully they'll cut their prices.....
Nothing's as good as unrealistic hopefulnes!!
On the other hand, if they find some, then good for them, and then hopefully they'll cut their prices.....
Nothing's as good as unrealistic hopefulnes!!
Quote:Original post by SticksandStonesSo you're saying that all somebody should have to do to avoid paying damages is hide their property on somebody else's land? It's not like a MegaCorp just randomly decided to take the property of an arbitrarily selected civilian - he did something that a court of law said he must pay damages for (using assets as neccesary) and the court said that AOL could attempt to find assets that may be hidden in a certain area.
The gold isn't on the man's property, AOL shouldn't be able to do anything about it. Besides, maybe this will cause AOL to shut down a bit sooner.
Quote:Original post by ExtrariusQuote:Original post by SticksandStonesSo you're saying that all somebody should have to do to avoid paying damages is hide their property on somebody else's land? It's not like a MegaCorp just randomly decided to take the property of an arbitrarily selected civilian - he did something that a court of law said he must pay damages for (using assets as neccesary) and the court said that AOL could attempt to find assets that may be hidden in a certain area.
The gold isn't on the man's property, AOL shouldn't be able to do anything about it. Besides, maybe this will cause AOL to shut down a bit sooner.
Does AOL have any proof that he burried gold? Do they have receipt? Do they have video of him burrying it? Hell, do they have anything other than a hunch that gold is on the property?
Now, if they DO have that evidence, then fine search the area. But from what I've heard, they just "think" that it may be there.
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