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viraptor
on April 5, 2010
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How I got sued by Facebook
Yes... a difference between a lawsuit and a "legal extortion".
Vivtek
on April 6, 2010
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devinj
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It's not extortion, they didn't settle for anything other than him deleting all copies of the data that he had access to. Hyperbolic statements are unnecessary.
loup-vaillant
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They extorted the "right" to aggregate data from their site. Also note that such right could imply monetary benefits, so this is indeed extortion.
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