What was claimed in the court filing?
The plaintiffs claimed that Eddy and I had damaged them by publishing the essay and software, and that our ISPs had damaged them by helping us publish the essay and software. They demanded an injunction to stop us from further publishing the essay and software, and damages. They also requested a temporary restraining order to prevent further damage while the case was being resolved, and “expedited discovery”. The amount of damages was to be decided by the court, but was claimed (in the demand for expedited discovery) to be greater than $75,000. The exact claims were: • Copyright Infringement against Jansson and Skala – essentially, they said that our reverse engineering was illegal because reverse engineering is illegal. • Copyright Infringement against Islandnet and Scandinavia Online – they said that our ISPs were posting illegally obtained and created material. • Breach of Licensing Agreement againt Jansson and Skala – they said that if we had a legal copy of Cyber Patrol, then we m
