Chapter 349 You have a big deal
The alley in January 1983 was clear, and the seventh chapter of the night continued to move towards Tuesday, the 11th.
Watson's morning fog drifted to the withered trees at the door of Rose Law Firm (branch, headquarters in New York).
The extended version of Cadillac's voice... Bah, bah, and speak human language.
Anyway, Edmund Perry, one of the partners of the firm, came to work in the firm in a row.
Mr. Perry, who is also one of the board members of the National Legal Services Corporation of the United States, was sent to Watsonton by the New York headquarters. (The National Legal Services Corporation of the United States is a company under the Department of Justice and in charge of legal aid, which is similar to the legal aid centers under China)
The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, so it is awesome to be able to open a law firm on Pennsylvania Avenue.
You can compare it to China. If a law firm is open on Changken Street, it will be a lateral existence.
Watsonton's lawsuit is generally not as rich as New York, but its influence is often great, especially some public interest litigation that is chivalrous and righteous, which can be known to the whole people at any time.
So even if you can't make much money, in order to maintain its reputation and public exposure, those top law firms will also divide elite officials with deep qualifications in the "revolving door" system to be responsible for Watsonton's business.
These people often have higher dividends and lower commissions, and they don’t rely on the lawsuits they take to get money. Because they all earn face for the firm, they don’t have to worry about the money.
They only worry about how to create a glorious image of the firm in front of the American people who are chivalrous and righteous in their lives.
"Sir, this is the appointment I have prepared for you today. Do you think there is any problem? If there is anything you don't want to deal with or want to transfer it, I will arrange it immediately."
As soon as she sat in the office, the female secretary handed over several appointments for lawyer Perry.
Perry picked it up and glanced, hooked off the names of several people, and also annotated a few letters later to indicate that such a small client who had obviously no future and no impact, so that other lawyers with less qualifications in the institute could practice their skills, so there was no need to do it himself.
There were some customers with unknown intentions and relatively large influence. Perry decided to be more serious and met and chatted in person before making a decision.
"Well, let's deal with it like this. By the way, what's wrong with John Barlow asking me for me? Have you asked in advance?" After the approval, Perry tortured the female secretary.
The female secretary was also embarrassed: "Mr. Barlow did not disclose it, he said he hoped to have an interview."
Perry had no choice but to lit a cigar, waved his hand and told her that there was no secretary, so he asked her to go out.
This John Barlow, Perry, has known this, and has also dealt with him several times.
The other party is the initiator of a non-governmental organization called the "Electronic Ethics Society". He was a super hacker and has been committed to protecting the rights and privacy of cutting-edge electronic product consumers and even LAN users in 1977.
And the weirdest thing about this person is that although he is a very skilled hacker, his job is not to make money by electronic and program-related technologies. This John Barlow is actually a drummer and leader of a second-tier rock band! Although he is not very popular, he also has certain fans in the rock music industry. With the income from the band, compared with the life of ordinary people, his funds are very abundant and generous.
However, John Barlow lived a hard life mainly because he wanted to engage in public welfare rights protection. Such a matter is very legally costly, and it is not something that can be subsidized by a second-tier rock band. So far, only a folk "source" can be established, but a "foundation" cannot be established.
But no matter what, because after five years of shouting for heroism in this circle, the status of the world has been established. When it comes to charity organizations that fight against electronic and network giants, Americans will first think of John Barlow.
Lawyer Perry thought to himself and stroked it in his mind: The thorn came to him at this time, which electronics giant in the industry offended him? Could it be Motorola?
It is unlikely that Motorola's radiation exceeds the standard problem. Although it has been hyped a few months ago, Motorola has now announced its high-profile participation in Tenoin's Electromagnetic Compatibility Prevention and Control Society, which is too harmless to consumers.
So, is Atari? Atari has indeed had a bad reputation recently, but even if the game is not fun, there is no standard. It is a value judgment of a person's opinion. How to protect your rights?
I have to say that attorney Perry is very keen and mature, and the other party has not come to the door and has guessed it.
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A few hours later, after receiving several clients, Barrister Perry waited for John Barlow.
The visitor was a middle-aged man under 40 years old, with a curly hair and a big beard, and his shape was similar to Max.
"Hey, John, what trouble are you going to cause me this time." Perry treated her brotherly and even poured whiskey for the other party.
"Edmund, I won't take advantage of you for attorney fees this time." John Barlow looked relaxed and handed the other party a new business card.
"Eff Foundation? Eletronifrontierfoundation?" Perry glanced, confused for a few seconds, and then suddenly realized, "You have finally found a sponsor and turned your rights protection society into a foundation? Which charity person and the big funder sponsored it?"
A civil society-based rights protection agency will operate in a state of begging. Even if there are many things you want to appeal, you can't afford high lawyer fees and can only beg some of the law firms that pursue fame to accept risk agents. If the money compensation benefits after winning the case are not large enough, no one will accept risk agents.
Once you become a foundation, you can change the cannon. No matter whether you make money or not, you can fight, no matter whether you make money, you will not be short of money anyway.
John Barlow looked proud of his 5-year-old constipation cured: "This has nothing to do with you for the time being. I have some things this time, and I want to speak out for the poor: I have evidence to indicate that two outsourced customer service operators of Atari Company jumped off the building yesterday and committed suicide. There was a police identification afterwards, which believed that it was mental disorder caused by excessive pressure. At least it was also a problem of insufficient labor protection, which led to changes in the mental health of employees..."
As soon as he said this, Perry immediately interrupted him: "So you want to speak out for the electronics employees who work in unhealthy environments? Are you going to sue Atari? Oh, I understand, your foundation was not established by Schulhof sponsoring your money!"
In fact, Perry had already guessed that the idealist John Barlow could turn his folk society into the Eff Foundation six or seven years in advance was precisely because Gu Ao gave him $2 million in sponsorship as the foundation's start-up capital.
Gu Ao knew very well that this foundation built by John Barlow had very strong combat power in later generations. From Sony to Microsoft to Google to Apple, no matter which giant infringes on consumer privacy and deprives consumers of the right to choose and property disposal, the Eff Foundation will pounce on it like a mad dog and bite it to protect its rights.
Even Apple, which was so popular in 2012, was almost unable to take care of itself because of the anti-jailbreak and counterclaim scandal. It continued to be in trouble until the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and its market share in the United States plummeted. Fortunately, there are still many Chinese Apple fans who have never had the freedom to dispose of property in their minds, and it doesn't matter if they are infringed. Apple has maintained its high market value story for five or six years for more than five years.
And in this time and space, this time, Gu Ao is very kind.
He didn't even ask to leave a name. When he gave money, he said it straightforwardly: When doing things, you don't need to explain the source of the funder, just do it in business. If Tiankun Entertainment has any situation that infringes on consumers' freedom, the eff Foundation is welcome to argue.
This is definitely not Gu Ao's revenge on his business competitors in the name of charity and charity. He is a good deal.
Faced with the other party's speculation, John Barlow's bearded face turned red and said tough, "It doesn't matter! Moreover, I don't want you to sue Atari for the time being. I hope you can have lobbyists and do something other than legal prosecution."
Perry: "You want to endorse the victim's family and ask for a settlement?"
John Barlow: "It's not a private settlement, this is what happened: We have an informant report that after reviewing Atari, it has been found that an R&D employee deliberately slacked off and stuffed easter eggs to make the game bad in retaliation for the company's squeeze. This game took 6 weeks to write it out with only one program developer named Howard.
I hope now that you can find a way to convince Howard to publicly confess, disclose his slacking off work, and take some humanitarian responsibilities for the death of the customer service staff."
Edmund Perry couldn't understand it now.
What kind of flirting operation is converted?
Legally speaking, programmer Howard has no responsibility for the customer service staff who committed suicide.
Morally, although it can be forced to explain, "Because your game is too bad, and it is intentional and malicious, it has led to the insult of the person in charge of customer service being insulted by American consumers within three weeks"...
Anyway, it's a bit far-fetched.
After Edmund Perry thought it through, he replied:
"This matter can be handled, but whether we appear in court or not, we will charge the price of formal appearance. Moreover, if we do not go through the prosecution channel, our firm will not be able to show our faces.
You should know that money is not our main purpose in intervening in these matters, and what we want is a reputation for being a hero. Without a reputation, we are equivalent to being a gunman for others and we have to add money."
This is easy to understand. If a person can write a book worth a thousand words and one hundred yuan, and at the same time accumulate fans for his pen name.
So, if you use someone else's pseudonym to be a gunman, you have to accept it for 150 yuan per thousand words? The extra fifty yuan is the premium for others to buy intangible assets such as popularity and fan traffic.
"After the deal, you are responsible for no matter what means you are. Just convince that person to publicly confess and apologize. We are also trying to reveal the inside story of Atari not treating consumers as humans. As long as that person is willing to go on TV, you don't have to worry about the subsequent exposure channels." John Barlow said.
He also took out a card and asked lawyer Perry to swipe it.
Set a small goal first, for example, remember in 1 second:
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Chapter completed!