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Sable was on the hook for costs after losing. I imagine this settlement was a fraction of what they owed. If there is truly justice in this world, Sable principals will have to go out of pocket for tax liabilities and costs associated with shutting it down.

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So it was not justice - just predatory capitalism finding out that there is always a bigger fish. Cloudflare wasn’t doing that from goodness of their heart, they were protecting their own profits.

I'm sure it would have been cheaper (in the short term) for cloudflare to have just paid off the troll, like everyone else does

It's absolutely a public service for them to have fought them

Beating a patent troll in court is predatory capitalism? I think you’re forgetting Sable was the aggressor (aka the Plaintiff), and they lost their suit in a court of law. Nobody is obligated to roll over and show their bellies if they can win against an unjust lawsuit.

patents are granted by the government. hardly seems like a problem with capitalism.

Newsflash: Property rights (including imaginary property i.e. artificial monopolies) are all granted and enforced by the government. As is currency.

Bwahaha, seriously?

Next you’ll be calling someone shooting a burglar ‘predatory capitalism’ because hey, a house is capital and they were protecting it! And they totally could have let the burglar with a gun leave peacefully, or something.

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