Couldn't one talk "through" a lawyer? Guess in such a case it would be a matter of how much you trust your lawyer. Also, what stops a person to file it under a company name if that's easier? I admit I'm not into this area, so I might be missing something fundamental...
Chris. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:17:12 +0100, Christian Sciberras said: > > Valdis, we've had spam companies suing blacklist/antispam companies > > before... > > Surely an anonymous person legitimately and legally enforcing copyright > > can't be harder? > > Yes, but the spam companies at least filed under their own name. Running > a lawsuit with a John Doe plaintiff is a little bit harder, and requires > finding a cooperative lawyer and judge. > > The really hard part is proving that you're the rightful owner of the > copyright while remaining anonymous (in particular, proving you're the > *same* anonymous person who wrote the code). At this point, it helps if > you posted the item in question signed with a pseudonymous PGP key that > you control, or have other ways to prove that your anonymous is the > author's > anonymous. > >
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