So happy for everyone that the suit was dismissed, with prejudice, and that the Does and named parties, among whom are a number of my real-life and Internet friends, can get on with their lives.
Disposition of the defense fund was kind of touched-on in a subthread here, but I want to say that as a contributor -- and this is just me talking -- I feel that the maintainers can do what they want with it. As someone in that thread said, I think that show of support did send a message in itself, as to the resolve of this community to stand together and for each other. Maybe it didn't make a material difference to the outcome regards the plaintiff's side, but I do feel that it made a ton of difference on the defendants' side.
Again, this is just me, but when I make a donation to any kind of fund, as soon as I commit, it's out of my hands. I've already done my due diligence, and in donating, made a statement of trust.
In this case, I'm really, really glad that this might not even have gone to filing costs, let alone to actual, serious, billable hours. If the fund maintainers are going to turn over funds to the named defendants' counsel, I can certainly say that for my pittance at least, I'm totally fine with whatever those counsel do with it or advise to be done with it -- the entertainment and education provided by Booth's and Kleinsasser's letters, and Jay Wolman's advisories elsewhere, were well worth it.
And if they advise to turn it back to the donors ... well, I'd just say take those lawyers out to the Burren. Or for fro-yo. ;)
Huzzah!
Disposition of the defense fund was kind of touched-on in a subthread here, but I want to say that as a contributor -- and this is just me talking -- I feel that the maintainers can do what they want with it. As someone in that thread said, I think that show of support did send a message in itself, as to the resolve of this community to stand together and for each other. Maybe it didn't make a material difference to the outcome regards the plaintiff's side, but I do feel that it made a ton of difference on the defendants' side.
Again, this is just me, but when I make a donation to any kind of fund, as soon as I commit, it's out of my hands. I've already done my due diligence, and in donating, made a statement of trust.
In this case, I'm really, really glad that this might not even have gone to filing costs, let alone to actual, serious, billable hours. If the fund maintainers are going to turn over funds to the named defendants' counsel, I can certainly say that for my pittance at least, I'm totally fine with whatever those counsel do with it or advise to be done with it -- the entertainment and education provided by Booth's and Kleinsasser's letters, and Jay Wolman's advisories elsewhere, were well worth it.
And if they advise to turn it back to the donors ... well, I'd just say take those lawyers out to the Burren. Or for fro-yo. ;)