Elindor - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:I don't get it (Score 1) 291

by Elindor on Thursday March 26 2009, @03:20AM (#27339279) Attached to: YouTube Music Content Takedown Continued

Yes, they are. A proposed plan from the Motor Trader's Association for the Australian Government to provide a $3000 voucher towards the purchase of a new car, if you take your vehicle (which is more than 10 years old) to the wreckers.

Sonic the Hedgehog in Smash Bros. Brawl 0

Submitted by

zerOnIne

on Wednesday October 10 2007, @08:15AM

zerOnIne writes "The title pretty much says it all, but the announcement was made today that SEGA's lightning-fast blue rodent will be joining Nintendo's cast of fighters in the next iteration of Smash Bros. Sonic was far and away the most-requested character to join the Smash Bros. series since its inception on the N64, and it would seem that the developers listened."

Forum sued over user comments. 0

Submitted by

Lockholster

on Wednesday September 12 2007, @06:07AM

Lockholster writes "One of Australia's most popular forums, Whirlpool, is being sued by 2Clix Australia Pty. Ltd, after publishing allegedly "false and malicious" comments. 2clix, an accounting software producer, is seeking $125,000 in lost revenue, due to user comments, which allegedly led to a "severe downturn in sales". As Dave Clapperton of Electronic Frontiers Australia put it "It might mean the end of criticizing companies' products and services online". In response to the lawsuit, whirlpool users have flocked to the defense of the forums creator Simon Wright."