Comment by zemo
5 years ago
so they said "we're gonna talk to some lawyers" and your response is to write a lengthy public blog post without any legal counsel, in which you publish private correspondence along with the other person's contact info without their consent, and in which you essentially document all of the evidence against you -and- admit you understood your actions? huh. That's probably not how I would have responded.
Aside from maybe the "admit you understood your actions" part, nothing in this blog post provides any additional ammo that the opposing lawyers' side wouldn't have had already.
"Private correspondence" and "contact info" are not (in general) legally protected, and the contents of the email thread and the Github repo would be subject to discovery no matter what.
Yes, poor repl.it who's explicitly threatening to use their big bankroll to squash a small developer doing something he is passionate about it. He should just shut up and accept the validity of their effort to silence him.
it feels like you're intentionally missing the point here. If repl.it is acting as if they believe they have legal leverage, why respond by giving them more leverage?
Ah now I understand. He should just go get his own highly paid lawyers and dig down for a lengthy legal battle. His own VC guys will foot the bill!
Or he could get on the top spot of HN for free and get a massive amount of community support, potentially people who actually will foot his legal bill, for the price of a few hours of writing a blog post.
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There's next to no additional leverage here, and bad PR is the best leverage you can get if you can't afford expensive lawyers.
What leverage?
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I agree. This guy shows a consistent streak of poor decision making and lack of situational awareness. His behavior so far reinforces Amjad's claims that he was their most "demanding" intern.
Yeah I don't exactly agree with your characterization of this actions but I would be very surprised if he doesnt get legal action taken against him for this post.