Originally posted by geluda
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In case you're wondering why I enjoy talking about this subject so much;
I've been on pretty much all sides of the fence of these types of scenarios.
-Sitting on content I can't talk about, 'cause it'd be generally harmful to do so (either to me, clients or source)
-Contributed to releases of unreleased content by ensuring the release does not in any way stirr up a shitstorm and/or harm its source(s) of origin or falsely impact someone it shouldn't have.
-Participated in chasing leaks and had people sued, fired and/or punished in the process. (No. That's not why I snoop in your personal history or browse your photos to match up random personalia with your ebay photos ... absolutely not ...)
-Helped people pick apart the charges when they've been taken to court in cases where there's risk of technological ineptitude causing incorrect ruling and/or IP lawyers are being dicks who are making false claims.
-Helped properly define the claims of infrigment/theft/etc. in cases related to leaks and/or copyright infrigment.
-Been in touch with people before, during and after events like the above. Helped them maintain sanity during the process of being corporally silenced and/or raped.
Despite having directly contributed to (rightfully) fuckin' up people's careers and current life (had a few who've had to "move back home" as a result), I've fortunately not royally screwed up any families or (in)directly caused any suicides (yet). But, well, gotten a good few people thrown out the door and bumped down from "the dream job" to packing groceries.
But, yeah, these things tend to happen more often than people think. In general, it's always a question about how much a company cares, what they feel something is worth and who they feel like should take the blame/fall for something when they decide to act on something. In general, if it's a public thing and they can't find someone internally to blame, they'll rarely act on it, but if they can somehow trace it all the way back home, they'll not only act on it, but they'll tend to go full force on it and more or less yank the chain of events as hard as they can (and the more involved parties, the better.)
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