Perhaps more
realistically, we want to be so credible and widely used
that merely publishing the C&D letter on the main page will cause the
foolhardy company to get deluged with hate mail and
backpedal within 24 hours, disavowing any knowledge of the law
firm that sent the letter. We've shown we can raise thousands of
dollars within a few days just by asking; that's a reservoir of
good will that can help us deal with a wide variety of threats.
I would suggest against any form of vigilantism. Apart from anything
else sooner or latter you run into someone who doesn't care. Then you
are in real trouble.
Indeed. The first sniff of endorsement of that kind of thuggery and I'll
be gone, for one.