Comments on: LanSchool threatens compsci.ca with legal actions

By: Legal status update

Legal status update — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:59:20 +0000

[...] LanSchool threatens compsci.ca with legal actions [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:09:21 +0000

Well, at least you don’t have to go to court or pay any money. Really all you have to do is get rid of it and pretend it never happened, then send them a letter. If I got something like this in my inbox, I would be freak out.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:29:39 +0000

I understand the industry standard of finding a bug, telling the vender about it, giving them time for a patch, and then warning the market as a whole to encourage use of the new patch. What i dont get is why didn’t you do another review after the new v. 7 came out? You keep saying that LanSchool said they patched the problem – but didnt you ever test it to see if that’s true? Seems to me that is some pretty important information for the public to know. If you want to claim that you did all this for the general welfare of society that’s great, but how could you possibly leave the job half done?!

Good Luck with all that legal stuff, when its all over and done with update your review

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:45:02 +0000

they might just be wasting your time.. you concentrate on blogging.. i will on reading ur posts.. tht by far is far more interesting than some of these stupid and trite remarks

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:02:37 +0000

I second the motion to consult with EFF. They have a lot of experience dealing with this kind of crap. Also, send a pointer to this blog entry to Instapundit; he lives for exposing over-zealous lawyers.

FWIW, I’m pretty sure you’re on solid ground here.

By: Runlevel6 » LanSchool threatens compsci.ca

Runlevel6 » LanSchool threatens compsci.ca — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:23:41 +0000

[...] liberties group defending your rights in the digital world”. Even a comment of support on their blog post would help. You can donate and read more on the compsci.ca blog [...]

By: Steve Holden

Steve Holden — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:53:12 +0000

Don’t bother lawyering up until you’ve had an opinion from EFF. This is just a try-on to get you to take down material that might have a negative impact on their sales. Not ass negative as the publicity they are now receiving, of course, but that simply demonstrates that they don’t really understand the Internet.

By: DDJ | DDJ's Portal Blog

DDJ | DDJ's Portal Blog — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:30:00 +0000

By: Hacking LanSchool | DavidCrow.ca

Hacking LanSchool | DavidCrow.ca — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:24:52 +0000

[...] like Rob or Michael (or one of Michael’s students) will step in and provide these kids some pro bono legal advice for dealing with a company looking to manage their online profile. LanSchool has requested that the Tony Targonski and Dan [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:49:08 +0000

Thank you for the support and suggestions! Coincidentally, it seems that Ars has just reported on EFF's new Coders' Rights Project, that's incredibly in-line with what happened here.

Security and encryption researchers help build a safer future for all of us using digital technologies, yet too many legitimate researchers face serious legal challenges that prevent or inhibit their work.

So that is something else we'll be looking at, for guidance.