Comments on: Porn at Work? Hacking!

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000

I agree about the potential for abuse, but to be fair, I don't think that lawyers are entirely to blame. In a case like the one above, it seems far more likely that the company brought the problem to their lawyers than that any lawyer sought it out. Much of the image of the plaintiff lawyers who run around beefing up huge settlements for nothing is media-hyped myth – not that it doesn't exist, just not on the scale that we think it does because of the stories we read in the news.

Of course, if you want to lump in "the law" with lawyers in general, then I agree. :) I think that the biggest problem is that laws are written too slowly to account for shifting technology and cultural norms.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000

I agree about the potential for abuse, but to be fair, I don’t think that lawyers are entirely to blame. In a case like the one above, it seems far more likely that the company brought the problem to their lawyers than that any lawyer sought it out. Much of the image of the plaintiff lawyers who run around beefing up huge settlements for nothing is media-hyped myth – not that it doesn’t exist, just not on the scale that we think it does because of the stories we read in the news.

Of course, if you want to lump in “the law” with lawyers in general, then I agree. :) I think that the biggest problem is that laws are written too slowly to account for shifting technology and cultural norms.

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

And the abuse could continue. How long before someone decides to 'pile on' one more offense? If the dominatrix' that he was contacting were being paid, rather than doing it as a casual partner, how likely that someone would prosecute them for violation of the RICO statute (U.S.)?

I think we've reached a point where there are simply too many lawyers, all looking for an excuse to litigate something, anything, in order to generate work, hence income, and show their supposed 'need.'

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

And the abuse could continue. How long before someone decides to ‘pile on’ one more offense? If the dominatrix’ that he was contacting were being paid, rather than doing it as a casual partner, how likely that someone would prosecute them for violation of the RICO statute (U.S.)?

I think we’ve reached a point where there are simply too many lawyers, all looking for an excuse to litigate something, anything, in order to generate work, hence income, and show their supposed ‘need.’