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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: what the heck do i do now?
As an, ahem, lawyer, I think what you do and how you do it matter a lot here. And it would be prudent to talk to someone who understood your facts and situation before doing some of the things discussed in this thread. (I won't be more specific for fear of sounding like I'm giving legal advice, YMMV, probably not admitted where you live, if this were advice it would trigger a bill, see generally disclaimers at http://www.law.tm/disclaimers.html .) Pulling a plug after reasonable/lots of warnings (did you miss anyone? how do you know for sure?) is on the safer end of the legal spectrum. Trying something that has the noble intention of directing cluebat to cranial density... well, that's different. It has the ability to be spun as malicious. Will the judge and jury get it? Who will pay for the lawyer who will explain it to them? What if it was a government computer that got hosed? Will this be civil or criminal liability? Bottom line is that in the absence of a promise -- explicit or implicit (!) -- to the contrary, you can usually turn off your gear and get on with your life (but would you want to if it was a hospital that got hosed? how would you feel in the morning?). The more your actions deviate from that, the more likely you are taking on some level of risk. In some scenarios it's an acceptable level, but it all depends. It is impossible to know with any confidence without knowing more details, but from the face of it, it is far from obvious to me that Mark Foster's lawyer got this wrong. (Meanwhile, this will make a great exam question some day.) On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Chris Owen wrote:
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