Comment by matthewdgreen
3 years ago
I’m saying that the EFF are skilled lawyers who won a major case, and they should not be deprived of credit for that accomplishment.
3 years ago
I’m saying that the EFF are skilled lawyers who won a major case, and they should not be deprived of credit for that accomplishment.
Sure, EFF played a major role in that case as did Bernstein. It made several lawyers into superstars in legal circles and they all clearly acknowledge his contributions to the case.
Still you imply that he shouldn’t have credit for that first win and that somehow he failed in the second case.
EFF shouldn’t have stopped fighting for the users when the government changed the rules to something that was also unacceptable.
The original poster said “he won a case against the government representing himself” and I felt that statement was incomplete, if not inaccurate and wanted to correct the record. I’m pretty sure Dan, if he was here, would do the same.
You appear to be throwing shade on his contributions. Do I misunderstand you?
A stalemate, if you already want to diminish his efforts, isn’t a loss by definition - the classic example is in chess. He brought the government to heel even after EFF bailed. You’re also minimizing his contributions to the first case.
His web page clearly credits the right people at the EFF, and he holds back on criticism for their lack of continuing on the case.
I won’t presume to speak for Dan.
Sorry I didn’t know that part. I have only seen Professor Bernstein once (he had a post QC t shirt on so that’s the only way I knew who he was ). I have never interacted with him really. He is also the only faculty that is allowed to have a non UIC domain. Thank you for correcting me .