Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down
by Dylan16807 on Saturday August 10, 2013 @12:45AM
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It's contemptuous of the court if I set up the mechanism because I was going to get such a gag letter.
But to say that a canary I set up a decade ago is contemptuous of a court filing made a month ago is ridiculous.
>But to say that a canary I set up a decade ago is contemptuous of a court filing made a month ago is ridiculous.
No it's not: You show contempt for the idea they could demand you silently turn over information. It's seething out of your posts here on HN even.
I don't think it's right they can do this, but I do think it's quite clearly preemptively raising a middle finger to the whole thing; it is "I cross my fingers behind my back so my swears don't count" type of stuff that judges don't accept and toss you in jail for.
You don't get to outthink and out maneuver this crap: You have to beat it in the system.
Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down
by Dylan16807 on Sunday August 11, 2013 @01:09AM
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Right, it shows extreme past contempt for the very idea that it could be possible, but this is in no way contempt toward the specific judge, nor must there still be contempt at this point.
I am not saying they're not worthy of that contempt, merely that they don't care if they are, just if you're showing contempt for the process and violating the order