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So...now that mt.gox is dead, does this mean mt gox employees are free from any non-disclosure agreements and can talk freely about what the hell happened? Ins

So...now that mt.gox is dead, does this mean mt gox employees are free from any non-disclosure agreements and can talk freely about what the hell happened? Insider info would be greatly appreciated.

camus2 13y ago
If i was a Mt Gox employee,I would go into hiding and keep quiet instead of going public, all sort of people have invested into Gox including the kind of people you dont want to mess with.
- fencepost 13y ago
  But on the plus side, many of those people no longer have the Silk Road and large supplies of Bitcoin available for "services."
- agorabinary 13y ago
  It's probably more likely that many employees were oblivious to the insolvency. As long as everyone's accounts were "credited" as they should, regardless of the soundness of their cold storage accounts, it would appear as though everything was fine. See: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ysaz2/sarahcoinbit_from_mtgox_support_says_there_is_no/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ysaz2/sarahcoinbit...
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- terranstyler 13y ago
  The kind of people that (unlike mafia or the police) don't need physical proximity to make your life a nightmare...
SomeoneWeird 13y ago
That's not how NDAs work.
- skylan_q 13y ago
  Not legally... but who would sue?
- jfoster 13y ago
  Perhaps in theory the agreement is still meant to be honoured, but in practice if the agreement was with an organization that no longer exists (0 employees), who would initiate legal action to enforce the NDA? I have no experience in this area, but can't see how the NDA could be enforced by a dead organization.
  - bakhy 13y ago
    organization is not a living being. it does not "die" like that, and any damages which it might have to pay, it might reduce by suing NDA violators. why not?
    - jfoster 13y ago
      At this stage, sure. But unless MtGox gets revived, what about in 2 years from now? It doesn't seem likely unless the NDA is one of the assets they sell.
      - bakhy 13y ago
        by that time i guess nobody would care if the NDA is violated..
ars 13y ago
The website and the company are not the same thing.
- agorabinary 13y ago
  They are both dead. See the statements.
  - ars 13y ago
    Uh, it doesn't work that way. A competitor does not get to put out a statement and declare a company dead. That's laughable. The company itself can't even do that, it needs to unwind positions first at a minimum. It can take years to shut down a "dead" company, and until then all NDA's and contracts remain valid (although potentially unenforceable).
micahgoulart 13y ago
Here's someone who claims to be an employee commenting on the reddit thread for this news article: http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit/comments/ http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit/comments/

So...now that mt.gox is dead, does this mean mt gox employees are free from any non-disclosure agreements and can talk freely about what the hell happened? Insider info would be greatly appreciated.

camus2 13y ago

If i was a Mt Gox employee,I would go into hiding and keep quiet instead of going public, all sort of people have invested into Gox including the kind of people you dont want to mess with.

fencepost 13y ago
But on the plus side, many of those people no longer have the Silk Road and large supplies of Bitcoin available for "services."
agorabinary 13y ago
It's probably more likely that many employees were oblivious to the insolvency. As long as everyone's accounts were "credited" as they should, regardless of the soundness of their cold storage accounts, it would appear as though everything was fine. See: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ysaz2/sarahcoinbit_from_mtgox_support_says_there_is_no/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ysaz2/sarahcoinbit...
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terranstyler 13y ago
The kind of people that (unlike mafia or the police) don't need physical proximity to make your life a nightmare...

SomeoneWeird 13y ago

That's not how NDAs work.

skylan_q 13y ago
Not legally... but who would sue?
jfoster 13y ago
Perhaps in theory the agreement is still meant to be honoured, but in practice if the agreement was with an organization that no longer exists (0 employees), who would initiate legal action to enforce the NDA? I have no experience in this area, but can't see how the NDA could be enforced by a dead organization.
- bakhy 13y ago
  organization is not a living being. it does not "die" like that, and any damages which it might have to pay, it might reduce by suing NDA violators. why not?
  - jfoster 13y ago
    At this stage, sure. But unless MtGox gets revived, what about in 2 years from now? It doesn't seem likely unless the NDA is one of the assets they sell.
    - bakhy 13y ago
      by that time i guess nobody would care if the NDA is violated..

ars 13y ago

The website and the company are not the same thing.

agorabinary 13y ago
They are both dead. See the statements.
- ars 13y ago
  Uh, it doesn't work that way. A competitor does not get to put out a statement and declare a company dead. That's laughable. The company itself can't even do that, it needs to unwind positions first at a minimum. It can take years to shut down a "dead" company, and until then all NDA's and contracts remain valid (although potentially unenforceable).

micahgoulart 13y ago

Here's someone who claims to be an employee commenting on the reddit thread for this news article: http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit/comments/ http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit/comments/