https://doctorow.medium.com/reasonable-agreement-ea8600a89ed7
"Last year, a major daily national US newspaper asked me to write an op-ed
about a litigious, sleazy, vindictive tech company’s stupid legal threats. I
did, and they published it, and
then they sent me the contract, which asked
me to indemnify them against all claims, regardless of merit.
I told them I wouldn’t sign it. I’m not an idiot. They’d asked me to write
about a billion-dollar company with a history of vindictive legal threats
against its critics and then, after the fact, they wanted me to promise them
that if they got a legal threat as a result, I’d take care of it?
I mean, even if they’d been paying me more than the couple hundred bucks I got
as a result, I wouldn’t have signed it. They’re the publisher with offices all
around the world and a whole floor full of media lawyers. Why on Earth would I
agree to serve as a litigation target?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
