Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/fotw_paytards/
'Freetard ? more like advert programmed PAYTARDS!'
F***tard of the Week opens fire
Posted in Letters, 14th March 2008 17:07 GMT
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FoTW Readers aren't taking our use of the "Freetard" jibe lying down. The term was coined by Dan Lyons - (aka, Fake Steve Jobs [1] - as a catch-all for F/OSS users. But it seems so much more apt for free content militants, who nobly refuse to pay creators for music, TV and film - as a point of principle.
They're fighting back with an insult of their own. It sprang to life in the Comments for Chris Williams' story [2] about the user agent string "hack" that allows you to watch Beeb material without DRM.
Take it away.
From: David Simpson Subject: Freetard ? more like advert programmed PAYTARDS!
The term Freetard makes me laugh, are you amazingly smart because you pay full wack for stuff that can be downloaded for free ? WOW YOU ARE REALLY SMART I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU.........................
Maybe you can do research and work out ways to pay money for all free services so that you can become a money wasting PAYTARD, keep listening to the entertainment-industry-blood-suckers who program you with advertising I'm sure they love spending your money, I know i would you TARD !
Marvellous stuff.
Yes, we're guilty of being PAYTARDS. Being the gullible fools that we are, we're now off to the pub to pay "full wack" for a pint of beer. Which just proves that we're brainwashed pawns of the brewing industry.
Freetards are welcome to join us: the nice barman may let you sup from the drip tray. Peace. ®
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