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Counterpoint: be afraid of lawyers. They may not be able to win s judgment against you, but they can easily bankrupt you. Remember the case where a man criticized Proctorio and was hit with a SLAPP lawsuit aimed to silence him. He ended up spending 100k on legal costs and the case is only beginning. He would have been bankrupt despite being 100% legally in the right.

Fortunately for him, EFF decided to support him afterwards. But do not count on EFF paying for your legal defence.

Links:

https://twitter.com/Linkletter/status/1385004344903290883

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26900217

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-sues-proctorio-behalf...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26898651

parent smnrchrds 5 years ago

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