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Is somebody claiming to have signed a contract on a blog post significant evidence that they actually signed it? Can you say “one of these 1000 signatures is pr
by onionisafruit 5y ago
Is somebody claiming to have signed a contract on a blog post significant evidence that they actually signed it? Can you say “one of these 1000 signatures is probably his pseudonym but I don’t know which one” and have it stand up in court?
Of course it falls apart if the author is compelled to answer in court whether they signed. Then it comes down to whether they are willing to debase themselves by lying.
- Talanes 5y agoShe said her writing sample was a snippet pasted from one of her novels, so the information to de-anonymize her is there.
- onionisafruit 5y agoI didn’t think about that part (apparently my reading comprehension is bad enough that I also used the wrong pronoun for the author). Assuming Main actually saved the writing samples and does the work to match them all against the author’s novels, then she should be able to pin it down. It will be interesting if we get to see what damages she sues for. If she is willing to lie she could still say somebody else signed the nda and forwarded her the information to post. I wouldn’t do that personally, but I also wouldn’t think unkindly of somebody who did.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoThe author of this blog post is probably prepared to risk it, on the assumption that the people that they are writing about really don't want to be in court testifying under oath on this matter.