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Call me a conspiration theorist, but i feel that skunkworks is becoming more of a threat to many guys in the industry, more because as a tech community, we are able to highlight the errors that many companies have ridden on to squander innocent clients. For that role, we have succeeded with sterling marks. Im curious though, as a forum, what are the risks? just wondering..... can a really pissed company sue and enjoin everyone in the list? Does what we post on the list pose a risk of any sort. Im just wondering if a comment made agains this or that company could be used in a defamation case or something. Is it possible to have terms and conditions that explicitly state that we are discussing this in good faith, and better still, could some lawyer skunk advise if it is possible to have, in the terms and conditions something that basically makes us immune to unneccessary litigation? -- Posted on 100% recycled electrons
legally complex, this is a public forum, impossible for someone to get sued especially if what they are saying is true However if its mudslinging then you are in trouble.... On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:57 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
Call me a conspiration theorist, but i feel that skunkworks is becoming more of a threat to many guys in the industry, more because as a tech community, we are able to highlight the errors that many companies have ridden on to squander innocent clients. For that role, we have succeeded with sterling marks. Im curious though, as a forum, what are the risks? just wondering.....
can a really pissed company sue and enjoin everyone in the list? Does what we post on the list pose a risk of any sort. Im just wondering if a comment made agains this or that company could be used in a defamation case or something.
Is it possible to have terms and conditions that explicitly state that we are discussing this in good faith, and better still, could some lawyer skunk advise if it is possible to have, in the terms and conditions something that basically makes us immune to unneccessary litigation?
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"...can a really pissed company sue..." its within their rights to sue, but it wouldn't really go anywhere. when a couple hundred techies find faults with your services/products, there is surely some truth in there. dragging them to court (ignore the logistics of that for now) would simply draw attention to said_company and the issues at hand. not a good thing. sueing skw would be shooting themselves in BOTH feet, so to speak. //my 0.2// On 6/23/10, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Call me a conspiration theorist, but i feel that skunkworks is becoming more of a threat to many guys in the industry, more because as a tech community, we are able to highlight the errors that many companies have ridden on to squander innocent clients. For that role, we have succeeded with sterling marks. Im curious though, as a forum, what are the risks? just wondering.....
can a really pissed company sue and enjoin everyone in the list? Does what we post on the list pose a risk of any sort. Im just wondering if a comment made agains this or that company could be used in a defamation case or something.
Is it possible to have terms and conditions that explicitly state that we are discussing this in good faith, and better still, could some lawyer skunk advise if it is possible to have, in the terms and conditions something that basically makes us immune to unneccessary litigation?
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Well,,, without a voice like "cutting edge -by Watchman" - which is what skunks is right now - too much would be taken for granted; and too little will be learnt... I met a manager who was afraid of 'skunkworks' - in the managers eyes, we were like some kind of loud vigilantes (self righteous; who shout from the top of the hill) - which to the manager scared potential approaches for development or business ventures from the pool that is skunkworks... But I was actually proud to be associated with the forum - Apple, Microsoft, the Silicon Valley have such "blogs" and communities - which has helped the technology grow, curbed unfairness and evilness by blowing the whistle - apart from spreading awareness and information... Cos sure as hell, I cant find technology news/rumors on who is being evil or substandard on K24...
Rather than sue.......use that information to look more into your product,for the company I think this is invaluable data. companies pay PR and research firms millions to get focus groups to discuss their products,with skunkworks they get that for free and straight.... On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:57 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
Call me a conspiration theorist, but i feel that skunkworks is becoming more of a threat to many guys in the industry, more because as a tech community, we are able to highlight the errors that many companies have ridden on to squander innocent clients. For that role, we have succeeded with sterling marks. Im curious though, as a forum, what are the risks? just wondering.....
can a really pissed company sue and enjoin everyone in the list? Does what we post on the list pose a risk of any sort. Im just wondering if a comment made agains this or that company could be used in a defamation case or something.
Is it possible to have terms and conditions that explicitly state that we are discussing this in good faith, and better still, could some lawyer skunk advise if it is possible to have, in the terms and conditions something that basically makes us immune to unneccessary litigation?
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I honestly do not see any risk in this. If I catch you with your hand in a cookie jar that's not yours and I take a snap then blow the whistle on you, would you dare sue me? On 23/06/2010, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Call me a conspiration theorist, but i feel that skunkworks is becoming more of a threat to many guys in the industry, more because as a tech community, we are able to highlight the errors that many companies have ridden on to squander innocent clients. For that role, we have succeeded with sterling marks. Im curious though, as a forum, what are the risks? just wondering.....
can a really pissed company sue and enjoin everyone in the list? Does what we post on the list pose a risk of any sort. Im just wondering if a comment made agains this or that company could be used in a defamation case or something.
Is it possible to have terms and conditions that explicitly state that we are discussing this in good faith, and better still, could some lawyer skunk advise if it is possible to have, in the terms and conditions something that basically makes us immune to unneccessary litigation?
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