Posted on 06-Apr-2004 07:24 GMT by Christian Kemp (Edited on 2004-04-06 10:09:44 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 1057 comments View flat View list |
I am currently being threatened by my former employer (they are "compelled [to] take action against [me]") for the way I am running ANN, and how this allegedly violates my employment contract with them ("interfere _in any manner_ with any business relationship between the Company and any of its customers or business partners"). This might entail drastic changes to the relative freedom of speech ANN has always allowed its visitors, or ANN might close down altogether. Updated 10:00 CET.
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Posted by William F. Maddock on 06-Apr-2004 17:32 GMT | In reply to Comment 289 (XraalE): Actually, no, I didn't state it as though it were certain, only that I suspected as much after having been followed home by a couple who fled when I stood there watching them and waiting for them to leave their vehicle.
I have found that making such things public very quickly has two effects, one minor, and one very major: The minor effect is that you tend to look like a fool. The very major effect is that the activity in question quickly stops—like when my website was attacked.
I had made a posting at Amiga.org under the heading "My Take". During the ensuing flame-fest I received emails from seven individuals, professing their support. I responded to all of them with the same email. Part of that email was to inform them of where they could find the article for further use. Immediately after sending that email out, the ISP hosting my website was attacked simultaneously from a dozen different high speed cable modem accounts (I might be a bit off in the specificity of the type of accounts, but the essentials are accurate) and many websites were taken offline. Once I found out exactly who was running the hardware that hosts my website, I went to their website, and there was the notice of the attack, with specifics including the timing of it.
I have been attacked personally—to the point that I have had to watch my back—and had my website attacked, all in an effort to remove one article from the Internet. The ISP involved knows the IP addresses of the people who attacked the site, and I will leave that to them, but the timing of all of it makes it astoundingly clear who is behind it all. |
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