[45873] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fred Cohen: Re: CFS and Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Davis)
Sun Dec 24 01:50:30 1995
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 01:37:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512231845.NAA07203@jekyll.piermont.com>
On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > Fred Cohen writes:
> > > The dollar value would be $1 plus a public apology plus all costs of the
> > > suit plus my time to right the wrong (at my usual fee of course). Of
> > > course the fact that you have decided to make this posting in public
> > > justifies my extensive efforts to clear my reputation which, unless you
> > > apologize immediately will be surprisingly enjoyable for me.
> >
> > Go and sue, Fred. Its what I have lawyers for. If you can even find an
> > attorney willing to take your "case", mine will likely remind yours
> > that lawyers can now be punished by the court in many jurisdictions
> > for knowingly aiding in bringing frivolous suits. If you are seeking
> > $1 in damages the court is especially likely to consider the whole
> > thing a waste of time.
>
> Your choice, but it's not a very nice Christmas present to find yourself
> in litigation. I'll give you till Tuesday to reconsider. If I see the
> public apology, I won't call the lawyers.
>
> If I were you, I would talk to those lawyers of yours and get their
> opinion of whether it's worth your while to be malicious toward people
> in this way in exchange for defending against a law suit when all you
> have to do to prevent it is apologize for what you now know to be a
> falsehood.
How, exactly, does Perry (or anyone else here) "know" it to be a
falsehood. Fred denies it. If I was posting anonymously and was accused
of being the anonymous poster, I'd deny it too.
Oh, I forgot, someone posting as one of the "Alices" denied it too. That
makes it conclusive.
This anonymity thing is easier than I thought.
EBD
Not a lawyer on the Net, although I play one in real life.
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