Agillious
Gallente
Inner Circle Helter-Skelter
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Posted - 2007.05.30 18:59:00 -
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 Originally by: Through Actions
Edited by: Through Actions on 30/05/2007 18:33:35
Originally by: Broska
Originally by: Through Actions
Originally by: KeratinBoy
Originally by: Miriyana
wtf, since when is CCP getting lawyers out?
The relevant part from Arkanon's blog -
The fact that this attack took place over a holiday weekend was especially revealing of motive, which we believe was specifically by design to ensure that CCP would not be able to react as fast and efficiently as we would under normal circumstances. The allegations investigated above by this internal affairs department will also be examined by our legal resources, as we do not intend to sit idly by while our servers, community and reputation are under attack.
That's a long way from saying they are going to sue. But at least that clarifies the situation, CCP is looking at legal action against the accusers. It's an empty threat though, considering CCP would have no case.
And your expert legal opinion and knowledge on this is?
Equal to yours. I studied enough business law in college to know the basics of contract law, international law, and defamation lawsuits. In the United States such lawsuits are notoriously difficult to prosecute and usually end up hurting the company doing the suing.
CCP may have more success in European courts where governments have less of a problem censoring their people, however in America and internationally it is extremely unlikely that CCP would get anything, including an injunction out of a lawsuit.
EDIT: By the way, CCP knows this which is why this is an empty threat. They simply want to scare people away from damaging their brand, and for that I do not blame them.
I don't know... my own amateur law opinion seems to see more than a little cause for action. Namely, the fact that reports were sent to 3rd party news sites for one. Now if those news sites posted information without checking with CCP or doing their due diligence, than that may grounds for a Libel suit.
It also comes down to whether or not CCP can construe the "threadnaught" as a DoS attack. Contrary to what SPACEBBEZ replied, if intent is proven (a la the post that directed GS members to threadnaught the forums) then there may be legal recourse in that as well.
All in all. Arkanon took great care in not naming a entity that may or may not be the target of legal action. Which makes me wonder about all this conclusion jumping, and so-called threats. I mean really. If you read that quoted text from Arkanon, where does it explicitly state that CCP will do anything? No where. That lawsuit carpola was generated by the OP.
MORE SHINY, PLEASE!!!
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