[geeks] sun legal strikes again!

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Thu Nov 14 21:42:52 CST 2002


On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:31:42PM -0800, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Well, they had a document in a public place, that shouldn't have been
> there, right? They requested you remove your link to it - that seems
> reasonable... There was not threat, or even "demand" that you comply, I
> assume because as they sent you that letter/email, they were working to
> remove the file from the public server it was mistakenly placed on.
> Seems like a reasonable exchange to me, but opinions differ...

Apparently it wasnt enough - *after* they removed the document I was
linking to, THEN they went around and demanded that both me and Mike
Magee (of the Inqurier) remove the *link* - apparently me mentioning
upcoming systems' code names and some specs is illegal, too.

bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas



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