Re: [atlarge-discuss] Mistaken identity

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

James T., and all fellow members,

  I reluctantly agree with you that this organization is not
ready to provide for the kind or sort of assistance this fellow
needs and IMHO it will be a very long time before this
fledgling organization will be.

  But I sympathize very much with Joanna in that she is right
that we should be working hard and diligently to be able
to provide for this sort of assistance for this poor fellow.

Joanna, if  you can, could you provide me with some
contact info for this guy as I may be able to get
him some legal assistance pro-bono..

James S. Tyre wrote:

> At 10:05 PM 6/25/2003 -0400, Joanna Lane wrote:
>
> >A British man accused by Microsoft of spamming has told the BBC it is a case
> >of mistaken identity and he will fight to clear his name.
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3020566.stm
> >
> >This case concerns me and I wish there were an effective user organization
> >that could do something for Simon Grainger, who, on the face of it, looks to
> >be a genuine case of mistaken identity, but he has limited resources to
> >defend his name.
> >
> >Can we do anything? If so, what?
>
> Allow me to give an indirect answer, one probably more appropriate for
> future reference than for here, if only because of geography.
>
> It would be great if we could help, but sometimes - like it or not - resort
> to attorneys is necessary.  In that regard, many of the things that do or
> should concern us also concern the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
> www.eff.org.  Though their own resources are limited, they have a pretty
> good network of cooperating attorneys, attorneys who will work with them,
> or simply take a referral from them - for a fee if the client can pay, pro
> bono (free) if the client can't.  Something like this, or a domain name
> dispute, or many other things that should interest us also interest them,
> it's a resource you should know of if/when a lawyer is necessary.
>
> I do not speak for EFF, I am not an EFF staff attorney.  But, while
> maintaining my own practice, I have worked more closely with EFF than any
> outside attorney over the last several years, so I do know of what I speak.
>
> Something to file in the memory bank.
>
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