Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out

Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by omnibrain on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @01:09PM (#5408622)

Sue her, not his employer.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by danielweber on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @02:08PM (#5409034)

I don't think she has any legal responsibility here.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by uptown on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @03:58PM (#5409777)

Defamation.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by danielweber on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @04:25PM (#5410010)

This will be a huge stretch of the law. It would be doubtful that one could succeed against her even under UK-type laws, to say nothing of American law.

Truth is a defense. Did they not do what she reported them as saying?

(NB: I'm not saying I approve of her behavior, but trying to paint her as legally responsible is out there.)

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by cmbtyc on Friday March 22, 2013 @05:20PM (#5425858)

I say the guy put up his situation and case on those crowd funding/fundraising sites and raise money for his legal case.

Sue her individually for defamation et al. and tie her up in court. Let her pay the REAL price for wielding a public, 10,000 follower strong opinion against a privately intended comment.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by krzyk on Thursday March 21, 2013 @12:05PM (#5416046)

I thought that posting a photo without someone's consent is illegal (at least in EU not sure how it is in USA), but I'm not a lawyer. I always thought that was the case when Google removed faces from StreetView.

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