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DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars

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What it is

Jason Scott of textfiles.com tells the story at DEFCON 17 of being sued for two billion dollars by a scammer who plagued him and others for over a decade. The talk is tragic and funny, covering what he learned about misleading schemes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a great, hilarious talk about legal threats and cease and desist letters.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “He gave a great talk at DEFCON 17”

    Jason Scott's talk with details about textfiles.

    hobs, 2015-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The MS-DOS Showcase”

  2. “Watch his talk on the matter, it is really great”

    Talk on being sued and receiving cease and desist letters.

    __z, 2015-05 · Strong recommendation · in “I Want Your AOL CDs”

  3. “gave a hilarious DEFCON talk called”

    Hilarious talk about being sued for a huge sum.

    Rendello, 2026-01 · Recommendation · in “Anna's Archive is sued for $13T”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jason scott, defcon, lawsuit, textfiles, internet history

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