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The GSMA could attempt to frame this as an extortion attempt against the company, as you have sensitive information you are asking them to pay for that you will
by micaksica 10y ago
The GSMA could attempt to frame this as an extortion attempt against the company, as you have sensitive information you are asking them to pay for that you will be releasing to the public. How do you protect yourself against an angry consortium with deep pockets?
- delinka 10y agoThere's a difference between "publication" and "presentation." Have the potential client acknowledge this in writing. You get paid for "presentation" of the material. It'll be "published" for anyone to read after the paid public "presentation" next month.
- raesene9 10y agoIf they asked him to present, replying with "Sure I'd be happy to present, my fee is $xxx" doesn't seem likely to be construed as extortion and more than any other speaker charging for their time (be that research time, speaking time or both). If he had approached them cold it may have been a different matter, but that's not what happened here.
- tptacek 10y agoNo they wouldn't; in fact, if they attempted to claim that a demand for payment for a private presentation was "extortion", it might actually be their organization that ended up with legal liability, since that sounds an awful lot like per se commercial defamation. You can't "threaten" someone by refusing to give a presentation to them.