Some years back attorneys Ronald Coleman, of Likelihood of Confusion fame, and Matthew W. Carlin, who has represented the interests of Barney, the children’s purple dinosaur, proposed that when other remedies fail intellectual property owners should request court permission to hack the websites of court-order-defying trademark infringers (”Hacker with a White Hat”, reprinted at Coleman Law Firm site). Declan McCullagh (Oct. 17) and Jonathan B. Wilson (Oct. 20) don’t think that’s such a great idea at all, nor do McCullagh’s commenters.
More: Ron Coleman responds to critics here and here.
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