Is Daniel Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, pulling our legs? Take a look at his posts from Saturday about a supposed exchange with Apple's lawyers:
4:28 am Apple's lawyers allegedly contacted Lyons, offering money in exchange for his agreement to stop impersonating the "Dear Leader on the Web."
7:20 am "Just got an angry letter from their legal douchebags ..." complaining about the first post
10:59 am "Another update. Now they are really pissed."
12:44 pm "God bless you for your support."
Do you buy it? I don't. But if it were true, it would be a wonderful case study of bad lawyering.
Update: The last update from FSJ? He writes that Apple's lawyer took the red-eye and met him for breakfast. FSJ turned down $500,000. If you were still hanging on the edge of your seat, FSJ lets you down easy with the last paragraph:
After he was gone I called Tony Clifton and told him what happened and he's like, Well, my friend, you really screwed the pooch on this one. A half million? And you turned it down? Well, good for you, you dumb prick. It's like I always say -- some people deserve to be poor. Merry Christmas, moron.
Tony Clifton? FSJ is brilliant.
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