Comment by s1artibartfast
16 hours ago
Why do you think the laws and regulations are unclear?
This seems to be following the completely standard and expected process.
Contractor goes belly up, so you go to court and a judge who confirms they were a custodian of your data and you are entitled to retreive it.
Same would be the case if I was leasing equipment to someone and they had it at a storage lot. If the middle party dies or goes bankrupt, I get a court order to claim it from their other possessions.
It’s already been months in this case. And, court cases often take many years to resolve.
The issue is more that the court is slow and expensive even in the best case.
Its been 3 weeks, and they got what they need from the courts.
> The St. Louis station sued the information management company July 28
How much do you think it cost? A few grand?
Maybe we could replace this by reinventing the wheel, but i dont think it would be better. We could put it on blockchain and let a Peter Theil company handle arbitration.