Tech Company Lawsuits
Discussions focus on the legality of actions against tech companies, potential lawsuits by users or regulators, risks of corporate legal retaliation, and enforceability of laws like CFAA.
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Maybe legal threat for the company operating it? Would that help?
Even if it's illegal, you'll have to fight them in court.OpenAI will certainly punish you for this and most likely make an example out of you, regardless of the outcome.The goal is corporate punishment, not the rule of the law.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273 are you sure they are not prosecuted
Just because it's unlikely to happen doesn't mean it's overriding anything. They might simply delete all references, out-lawyer anyone who tries to sue them or simply ignore everything since they are based in China. Again, just because it is illegal doesn't mean therefore something will change. It just means it's illegal. Then you have litigation, but that might not change anything either. So the situation is the same, which means that your proposed action is unlikely to
That doesn't mean you won't have be harassed by the law: https://www.wired.com/2014/07/five-sue-gov-over-targeting/
I've got it. In worst case scenario - what can be done? Banned? Will they sue?
Somebody has to own the computers. You can sue those people if they don't comply with the law.
It's frightening to see users on a forum now support a bad law like the CFAA because it could be used against a company that they happen to like at the moment. A bad law is a bad law. It doesn't magically become a good law when it could be used against someone you don't like.At worst this should result in tortious interference as a trespass to chattels case with damages calculated at the cost of the computing services that Lyft was denied.<a href="https://en.m.wiki
That doesn't feel likely. 1 because Guardian isn't really in a position to enter a legal battle vs ~unlimited spiteful money. 2 because this is likely not enforcible if anyone actually has a reason to sue them abroad where the company has presence. It's just terms of service rather than a contract binding you in other ways - they can deny you service after you sue.
I assume you mean "sue" for "sure". They can try, but what we're doing is legal, so they won't succeed any more than they would by suing MAE East for routing packets to some bad site.