Re: must read Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for Spying Price List | Threat Level | Wired.com

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Christian Huitema <huitema () microsoft com>
> Date: December 6, 2009 5:01:09 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Re:  must read Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for  
> Spying Price List | Threat Level | Wired.com

> When looking at the document, it appears like the kind of text legal  
> departments produce to train employees. A company like Yahoo has to  
> comply with the laws, and needs to have a clear process for handling  
> requests. They have to arbitrage between two risks, provide too much  
> information and be sued by their customers, or provide too little  
> and get in trouble with the courts. The last thing they want is low  
> level employees making random decisions, because that is guarantee  
> to fail both ways. So they publish this kind of documents. I don't  
> feel that the compromise spelled here is particularly evil, and  
> asking for a fee is a good way to limit fishing expeditions.
>
> Of course, the takedown notice is another matter. They could just as  
> well make this document public, so users know exactly what they sign  
> for when they open an account.
>
> -- Christian Huitema



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