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Posted in Tech, WTF by Goyal on the September 26th, 2007

Man sues Yahoo and Google for taking their names from the tribes he has descended from.

A man currently being detained by immigration in Houston, TX has filed a lawsuit claiming Yahoo and Google stole their names from Tanzanian tribes. As luck would have it, the man is a descendant of both tribes - what are the odds?

The lawsuit states that Google was taken from the Gogo tribe, and Yahoo from the Yao tribe. The claim is asking for $10,000 be paid to each tribe member for the past three generations.

Yeah right!

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Use the force, luke

Posted in Tech, WTF by Goyal on the August 31st, 2007

Sample this:

  • Man makes video.
  • Viacom uses video, without the man’s approval.
  • Man uploads Viacom’s video featuring his video on Youtube.
  • Viacom sues man.

Sounds absurd? Sure does to me. And to this guy it is “bass-ackwards.

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