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What the designer did is fine except I would have just put up a "Coming Soon..." instead of directly calling out the owner. It would have the same reaction from
by braum 13y ago
What the designer did is fine except I would have just put up a "Coming Soon..." instead of directly calling out the owner. It would have the same reaction from the owner because they don't know how to do any of it. And it wouldn't give anyone who visits the immediate knowledge that the designer can and will use their technical powers to embarrass you or your business.
- edanm 13y agoThis is actually a really sensible middle ground to the (very valid) views around here that this is a terrible career move to make. There's still the legality aspect which concerns me.
- grey-area 13y agoI think it probably depends whose server the files are hosted on, if they're on the designer's, they could easily just turn off service and be justified, logging in to a client's server to do it without permission is probably crossing a line though. However hijacking the domain with a message like this is legally risky IMHO, wherever it is hosted, as it could be seen as slander. Good luck to the designer getting paid now - I'd be very surprised if the client did pay up after this.
- carbocation 13y agoIn the US, truth is an absolute defense to the claim of libel, so venue is pretty important.