SpaceX settles $15 million trespassing lawsuit with Cards Against Humanity

SpaceX 与《人类无敌卡牌》达成 1500 万美元私闯官司和解

Back in September 2024, we brought you word of a legal dispute over property boundaries and trespassing in South Texas, where Elon Musk's SpaceX was allegedly storing equipment on a plot of land that did not belong to them.

早在2024年9月，我们就报道了关于南德克萨斯州的一起财产边界和擅自侵入的法律纠纷，据称埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX在一块不属于他们的土地上存放设备。

Now, it seems that the parties involved have come to an amicable settlement, the monetary details of which weren't disclosed.

现在，看来有关各方已经达成友好和解，但具体的金钱细节未予透露。

This court-aimed quarrel began last year, when Cards Against Humanity (CAH), the Chicago-based publisher of that popular adult party game, became aware of a piece of their South Texas property being used to store heavy equipment, vehicles and random construction materials owned by SpaceX in an area adjacent to the aerospace company's Starbase manufacturing and launch facility.

这场以法院为目标的争端始于去年，当时总部位于芝加哥的成人派对游戏《Cards Against Humanity（毁灭人类牌）》的出版商注意到，他们在南德克萨斯的一块土地被用来存放由SpaceX拥有的重型设备、车辆和各种建筑材料，这块土地位于该航天公司的Starbase制造和发射设施旁边。

The kerfuffle escalated when CAH filed a $15 million lawsuit seeking restitution for the encroachment and subsequent damage to that slice of land, which is situated near the U.S.-Mexico border. The property was purchased in 2017 by a coalition of supporters who aimed to disrupt then-President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall.

当CAH提起一项价值1500万美元的诉讼，寻求对该片土地的侵占及随之造成的损毁进行赔偿时，争议进一步升级。这片土地位于美墨边境附近。该财产于2017年被一群支持者联合购买，目的是阻止时任总统唐纳德·特朗普建造边境墙的计划。

As part of the Cards Against Humanity Saves America project, 150,000 customers donated $15 each to buy that grassland meadow, which eventually became a sprawling parking lot filled with "gravel, tractors and space junk," CAH wrote in a statement on Sept. 20, 2024. Any remaining funds recovered in the lawsuit were promised to be equally distributed back to those who had participated in the land’s initial purchase.

作为“Cards Against Humanity 拯救美国”项目的一部分，150,000 名顾客每人捐赠 15 美元购买那片草地牧场，该牧场最终变成了一个布满“碎石、拖拉机和太空垃圾”的巨大停车场，CAH 在 2024 年 9 月 20 日的一份声明中写道。诉讼中追回的任何剩余资金承诺将平均分配给最初参与购买该土地的人。

Per AP, according to Texas court records, a settlement was finalized last month, prior to the upcoming Nov. 3 jury trial marked on the calendar. SpaceX owns other land plots in the Brownsville, Texas area in Cameron County, but apparently had no right to use this patch.

根据美联社报道，根据德克萨斯州法院的记录，和解协议已于上个月达成，在日历上标记的即将于11月3日举行的陪审团审判之前。SpaceX在德克萨斯州布朗斯维尔的卡梅伦县拥有其他地块，但显然无权使用这块土地。

"The upside is that SpaceX has removed their construction equipment from our land and we're able to work with a local landscaping company to restore the land to its natural state: devoid of space garbage and pointless border walls," CAH wrote in a recent message to customers. "Were we hoping to be able to pay all our fans? Sure. But we did warn them they would probably only be able to get like $2 or most likely nothing."

CAH在最近发给客户的消息中写道：“好消息是SpaceX已经将他们的施工设备从我们的土地上移走，我们现在可以与本地的园林公司合作，将土地恢复到自然状态：没有太空垃圾，也没有毫无意义的边界墙。我们曾希望能够支付所有粉丝吗？当然。但是我们确实提醒过他们，他们可能最多只能得到大约2美元，或者很可能一分钱也拿不到。”

CAH has opted for a different approach to compensate its donors, since the (undisclosed) amount gained will mostly go toward refurbishment of the property. They've come up with a funny consolation prize for fans that reflects the bold spirit and attitude of the successful gaming firm.

CAH 选择了另一种方式来补偿其捐助者，因为获得的（未披露的）金额大部分将用于房产翻新。他们为粉丝们想出了一个有趣的安慰奖，体现了这家成功游戏公司的大胆精神和态度。

"Elon Musk's team admitted on the record that they illegally trespassed on your land, and then they packed up the space garbage and f***ed off," CAH's recent message adds. "But when it comes to paying you all, he did the legal equivalent of throwing dust in our eyes and kicking us in the balls. So while we can't give you what you really wanted –– cash money from Elon Musk –– we're going to make it up to you, our best, sexiest customers … with comedy! We're sending you each a brand new mini-pack of exclusive cards all about Elon Musk."

"埃隆·马斯克的团队在公开场合承认，他们非法侵入了你的土地，然后把太空垃圾收拾走了，滚蛋了，" CAH最近的信息补充道。"但在支付你们方面，他采取了相当于在我们眼前撒沙子并踢我们裆部的法律手段。所以虽然我们不能给你真正想要的——埃隆·马斯克的现金——我们会通过喜剧来补偿你们，我们最棒、最性感的顾客……我们将给你们每人发送一套全新的迷你卡片包，内容全部关于埃隆·马斯克。"

And something tells us this special pack of Musk cards won’t be very flattering!

而且某种预感告诉我们，这套特别的马斯克卡片可能不会很讨喜！