Re: Darwin Professional Underwriters - Tech-404.com

["Avery Sawaba" <avery.sawaba () gmail com>]

Since they advertise copyright work as one of their services, doesn't that
earn them the honor of going on the Irony page?


  Areas of Exposure Addressed


  - Errors and omissions (failure to perform, without the restriction of
  "for a fee")
  - Third party business interruption
  - Network security (unauthorized access, ID theft, loss of data)
  - Data privacy (unauthorized use, invasion of privacy)
  - Compliance with HIPAA, GLB, CA 1386 and other data privacy
  regulations
  - Media and online content (libel, slander, defamation, virus
  transmission)
  - Third party loss of data
  - Intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark)
  - Defense against governmental investigations for data privacy

--Sawaba


On 4/15/07, Dianne Murray <murray.dianne () gmail com> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure attrition could sue these clowns at Darwin for hefty
> damages, payment for use of the service or else that the feed they've
> stolen shut down (and so maybe Darwin should receive a "Darwin Award")
>
> On 4/15/07, Avery Sawaba <avery.sawaba () gmail com> wrote:
> > Oopsie. Someone forgot to read the terms of use!
> >
> > Copyright 2005-2007 by attrition.org. Permission is granted to use this
> page
> > in non-profit works and research. Use of this page for commercial
> interests
> > requires authorization and licensing arrangements. For more information,
> > please e-mail staff () attrition org with a brief summary of how you would
> like
> > to use this information; product, service, research, etc.
> >
> > --Sawaba
> >
> >
> > On 4/15/07, lyger <lyger () attrition org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > For anyone interested, we came across a curious situation in the last
> > week.
> > >
> > > It seems that a company by the name of Darwin Professional
> Underwriters
> > took it
> > > upon themselves to "borrow" attrition.org's RSS feed and incorporate
> it
> > into
> > > one of their own pages, found here:
> > >
> > > http://www.tech-404.com/rss/data_loss.aspx
> > >
> > > Darwin is a provider of commercial services for "liability insurance".
> > Press
> > > releases have been issued, media attention has been gained, and Darwin
> has
> > > gathered quite a bit of press and attention regarding their "data loss
> > > calculator" in the last week.  However, it should be noted that Darwin
> IN
> > NO
> > > WAY contacted attrition.org about using our RSS feed for their
> page.  In
> > NO WAY
> > > did Darwin responnd to email contact about this situation.  They are
> using
> > OUR
> > > resources that we spent our own time developing and making available
> to
> > the
> > > public... for their own commercial gain.  They're ripping off
> > attrition.org,
> > > and we will not let this stand.
> > >
> > > Darwin representatives, get a set of balls.  Our work.  Our time.  You
> owe
> > us.
> > > Take it down or we'll just clown you again.
> > >
> > > Oh, wait...
> > >
> > > we already did.
> > >
> > > http://www.tech-404.com/rss/data_loss.aspx
> > >
> > > Lyger ( attrition.org staff, damn proud of it, and screw you, Darwin)
> > >
> > > http://attrition.org/dataloss/tech404-1.gif
> > > http://attrition.org/dataloss/tech404-2.gif
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