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Article #3289Re: New developments - ATIC Erased my HD
From: Brian Edmonds
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00
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Shaun McRae <smcrae@lightspeed.bc.ca> writes: > OK, we've established that it was stupid to not have a backup of > something so important... but won't you all agree that ATIC was just > as stupid or stupider? Sure, ATIC may suck. However, part of the point of this "new developments" thread was speculating about potential legal damages. ATIC may well be liable, but by not doing regular backups the data could easily have been lost in a drive crash, which is a well known, and not uncommon risk. Thus any sensible judge would assume that the individual did not value their own data very highly, and thus any compensation awarded should be minimal. If regular backups had been performed, then I could see the potential for higher damages. Of course in that case the whole scenario would be moot, as he could simply have restored onto a new hard drive. -- o Brian Edmonds <brian@gweep.bc.ca>, Team Jubal Mech Labs \\_/\_, Moderator: rec.arts.anime.creative, rec.music.info/reviews (*) (*) Are you tired of spam? Visit http://www.spam.abuse.net/spam/
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From: Brian Edmonds <brian@gweep.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: New developments - ATIC Erased my HD
Date: 1998/12/03
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