davis_square | Thank you to many, many people over the past six weeks

I am so grateful to the davis_square community for coming to my assistance, in many different ways, over the past six weeks:

the Tuesday Night Gang at Diesel Cafe, for crucial moral support within the first hour after I was served with the lawsuit.
ifotismeni, for more moral support over the following 24 hours
thetathx1138 and rufinia, for logistical and moral support throughout this ordeal, and for close textual analysis of the lawsuit
All of the people who told me about Popehat.com, or who told Ken at Popehat about my suit, resulting in this Popehat Signal
moechus, for informal legal advice to me, and for later formally representing one or more 'John/Jane Doe' defendants
juldea, for referring me to her lawyer friend who calmly sat down with me to explain the legal process and elements of a possible defense
cdevers, for referring me to his friend Andy Sellars at the Berkman Center's Online Media Legal Network. Andy in turn referred me to my awesome lawyer, Dan Booth
anomie666, cos, and icecreamempress, for setting up an online place where all of those threatened by the lawsuit could freely converse
icecreamempress again, for setting up the Friends of Davis Square LJ defense fund. Also, everyone who donated to the fund. (We still need to work out how to dispense the funds collected there.)
rufinia and freckles42, for setting up a face-to-face meeting attended by me, my lawyer, and many Doe Defendants
firstfrost, jikamens, and genesayssitdown, for helpful advice and just generally staying in touch
srakkt, mfinnigan, lost_ligeia, en_ki, keithn, surrealestate, and any other Doe Defendants or Doe Letter Receivers who commiserated with me over coffee last month
the three other davis_square maintainers, cos, surrealestate, and prunesnprisms, for your solidarity in standing up to this threat
ds_crier, whoever you are, for informative tweets and research
rmd, for serving as a 'buffer' between Rickland Powell and the Davis Square community,
plumtreeblossom, for standing up for free speech and not deleting Exhibit 4 and Exhibit 7 after receiving a Doe Letter
myselftheliar, for not deleting Exhibit 5
thetathx1138, for not deleting Exhibit 6
bombardiette, for not deleting Exhibit 8
sunshineyellow, for not deleting Exhibit 10
bluesauce. for not deleting Exhibit 11
Everyone else who did not delete their posts and comments in response to receiving a Doe Letter
jmwolman, who provided srakkt with able legal representation
All of the people who posted filk songs, such as this one by derspatchel, and this one by harrock, and this one by imsorrysondheim, and this one by infinitemorning, and this one by 'The Nameless Parodist' (would you like to come forward now?)
and finally to genesayssitdown, for organizing a great victory celebration party

I've probably left some folks out. If you're one of them, feel free to send me a private message reminding me, and I'll add you to the above list.

Thank you to many, many people over the past six weeks

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