On 7/26/14, grarpamp
Is there such thing as an applied law / best practices mailing list in the digital field... perhaps suited to service providers, but also covering users, and meta-orgs of digital/privacy/activism/rights, etc? And perhaps where real lawyers might actually participate in discussion.
There was Groklaw, but that is no more. I have presumed in the past that certain "groundwork" work might be useful for those involved in cases. However, pre-emptive action is difficult due to the number of jurisdictions. Groklaw built on the SCO case, which was a) widely reported, b) struck at the heart of the free/libre software world, c) involved big budged companies, d) continued for a very long time. A very valuable literary-legal resource was created by that effort (other cases were covered to some degrees). I would discourage self-represented defence in cases surrounding Tor/I2P etc, due to the potential significance of adverse consequences to the broader *globabl* free-speech network communities! Self-represented may be ok in conjunction with support from pro-liberty lawyers. This might be quite jurisdiction-sensitive, I don't know. But first and foremost, we have a duty of care to each other in this freedom-speech community, to not hide such cases from those who would be able to support, due to the potential community chilling effects. SO, such a list might be a very useful thing to set up, so that those who might "valantly" charge ahead in a case self-representing, might receive the support and the cautions from supportive lawyers regarding all possible approaches, etc, etc. Regards Zenaan