Leonardo had this to say ...Would we (Team, Site, Site Owners - take your pick), go to court to recover an SMX machine? Probably not...
Whether you have a signed legal document or not, it is still a "gentlemen's agreement" since everyone has said legal action would not be taken to recover a "stolen" box...
"Probably not" does not mean absolutely not. It would certainly be a last resort, but empty threats are useless. Hopefully it would never come to that.
profdlp had this to say ...As far as the legal matters, I think if we ever did find our selves in that position here is what I see as most likely:
1) The mere threat of legal action will probably be enough to do the trick in all but the most hard-core cases.
2) For the hard-core cases, I say go after the first one with all our might. The next guy considering it might see the writing on the wall and pull a Libya.
LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited December 2003
Why have the names of the person(s) who have "stolen" SMx boxes not been published?
Perhaps the term 'stolen' was used a bit flippantly earlier in this thread. I don't believe there is anyone accusing any of the hosts of theft. There just have been a couple hosts who, for one reason or another, have turned in precious few, if any, work units in the past several months.
No, the team leadership has not hidden this from the team members, who collectively own all the SMX machines. There are a couple threads in the Team Short-Media forum identifying non/poorly performing Team boxes.
Yes that is Andy Holt of Florida. Search for his name and Fl and you will get his address and phone number thanks to google. The address google shows does not match to the one he gave us but is in the same town.
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Straight_ManGeeky, in my own wayNaples, FLIcrontian
edited December 2003
Um, I might take on contacting Andy, if that were wanted. Can you PM me with info, mmonnin??? I could talk to him as team contributor and sound out his attitude, if wanted. Then could report in PM to you and see what can be done.
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Perhaps the term 'stolen' was used a bit flippantly earlier in this thread. I don't believe there is anyone accusing any of the hosts of theft. There just have been a couple hosts who, for one reason or another, have turned in precious few, if any, work units in the past several months.
No, the team leadership has not hidden this from the team members, who collectively own all the SMX machines. There are a couple threads in the Team Short-Media forum identifying non/poorly performing Team boxes.
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2556
Here is another....
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6449
Icrontic12 still hasn't turned in a WU since 10/25/03.
I don't see anything newer than the last one I linked.
John.
Ze Gestapo!
Ageek: From what I can see his contact info has changed from what we have. Google this w/o quotes "Andy Holt Fl" and you will get it.
Well actually it is different from the last time I looked. It used to come up with a city around St. Petersburg. Now its Brooksville
Just a little joke...