Friday, July 22, 2011
Humor / Law & Order / Tech
Top Five Reasons the Winklevoss Twins Really Are "Assholes"
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By Peter Jamison
on Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:00 AM
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4. Litigiousness. The Winklevii did not endear themselves to the public when they went back to the feeding trough after receiving $100 million or more in Facebook shares for agreeing not to pursue legal claims against Zuckerberg. Of course, the world is full of
venal litigants who go crying to the courts when they can't hack it against competitors in the free market. But the courts don't always call out these plaintiffs for what they are. "The Winklevosses," a federal appeals panel stated, "are not the first parties bested by a competitor who then seek to gain through litigation what they were unable to achieve in the marketplace." The Winklevii vowed to appeal the ruling.
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