At 10:48 AM 10/12/96 -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote:
At 02:12 PM 10/11/96 -0700, Greg Broiles wrote:
It's inappropriate to expect Sameer or any other C2 employee/agent/representative to discuss the suit before they've had a chance to find and meet with an attorney; in some circumstances it might never be prudent for them to make a public statement about the suit.
Is this good advice? When attacked, isn't it good to offer as strong a defense as possible including (but not limited to) verbal abuse, physical confrontations, countersuits, standing outside people's houses, picketing, letters, public appearances, urging other people to express their views, etc.
After considering everything carefully, yeah, it's probably good to make a strong statement disputing the essentials of the suit. But given the counterintuitive nature of contributory infringement, it's also probably good to think carefully about what to say, when. I wasn't trying to tell Sameer what to do - just trying to make it clear that it's normal for him to take a few days or longer to say anything. I'm sure the SPA's press release was cleared by their legal people - it was probably prepared before the suits were even filed. -- Greg Broiles | "We pretend to be their friends, gbroiles@netbox.com | but they fuck with our heads." http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | |