Ebay gets owned

[Ramp]

http://www.linkedandloaded.com/2009/09/16/skype-founders-sue-ebay/

tl;dr: ebay "buys skype" for 2.6 billion dollar, but they forget to include the source code as part of the buy. So now the owners of skype are suing ebay for copyright infringement because ebay modified the source code and distributed it. Skype wants $75M per day for the infringement.

 

[!Woodstock!]

lolwut? Fail.

 

[Meowcenaries]

FAIL!!lolol

 

[lotus blade]

haha! you said it. xD

 

[R3POMAN]

I want to sell you this hamburger but maintain the rights to the meat please... yes that will be 2.6 billion dollars

 

[Monkeybits]

Audacious. And brilliant.

 

[Byakuya]

They bought it but let the keep the source code in the process? fail.

 

[e MpTy]

lol Skype is a wicked program congrats to them

All though Skype on ebay would be a huge bonus.

 

[malalla]

Lol

 

[Tidus]

Lol. Ebay's legal team = fail.

 

[Squishy]

Oh wow.......Fail!

 

[Craig_Machine(the)]

Sounds like someone in the legal dept. is gonna get the ban hammer. Fail!

 

[Frankvader]

lol epic fail

 

[Saeten]

Wow eBay just got pwned.

 

[J_landry]

They became billionaires and now they're sueing for a total of 75 mill a day? Man, that's just wrong.

 

[netmare]

As I understand it, Ebay bought a 65% share, not the whole thing. This might explain some of the strangeness in the agreement.

Lawyers not reading the fine print FTW!

cg

 

[Korgot]

XD Big and extreme epic Fail XD