Re: CyberPatrol sues cryptanalysts who revealed flaws in itssoftware

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Presumably they make some representation somewhere - in the manual? -
about what they block or why?

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Ed Gerck wrote:

> 
> 
> "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote:
> 
> > I think there may be a claim in defamation if your site was blocked and
> > the software claims you have some kind of nasty content...
> 
> But, what happens (as is the case) when that software claims nothing...
> you cannot even view what is being blocked.  A difamation claim IMO
> would require others seeing a disclosure of the site's name in a blocking list
> ... hmmm, that is perhaps why they do not disclose (even to parents?).
> 
> Anyway, the idea of blocking and not even telling you what is being
> blocked is a "trust me" procedure -- a well-known nothing. Trust me ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ed Gerck
> 
> 

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