Documents now available. MoRon's Unopposed Motion to Retain Appeal and to Enlarge Time to File Opening Brief and Response to Appellant’s Opening Brief and the court's order granting the motion. MoRon's brief is now due on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
Edit: This is MoRon's motion.
Hmm. Saying they "never intended to abandon their appeal. Rather, they intended to file all briefs simultaneously" isn't
really admitting to anything, but between the lines does indeed appear to be, "We were stupid, and thought plaintiff getting an extension meant we were getting one, too."
Apt quotation. It reminds me an awful lot of every fucking divorce I’ve seen friends go through. Almost all of them have admitted that the legal aspects were so brutal that at several points they’d wished they’d never initiated or agreed to a divorce and had just made shit work somehow. I guess that’s what I keep wondering about Vic — if this could ever possibly be worth it for him at this point. Because my God, he’s been through some hideous shit here that I suspect he did not see coming or expect to come from this lawsuit.
As with divorce, the only real winners I see emerging here are the lawyers.
I might well be wrong, but I've gotten the impression that Vic has been insulated from a lot of the process so far. He trusts BHBC to do what needs to be done, and gets on with his life for the most part. Not to say he doesn't know any of what's happening, of course, nor that he doesn't worry about it to some extent. And it's obvious the social aspects of this whole fiasco have taken a toll on him.
This will probably change, assuming the case comes back on appeal. But until then... well, I hope he just enjoys life before then with as few worries as possible.
You would have to boycott Sony and Time Warner. Imagine if someone told Sony "I'm not buying a PS 5 because of Funimations bullshit." A 500 dollar console would sit on the shelf because some VA's got jealous.
Said person would first have to be aware that Funi is a subsidiary, and then put their moral disdain above their desire for the product. If a win gets wide media coverage, the awareness will certainly go up, at least. Not sure how common the other aspect would be.
What cost do you think Vic will have paid for these victories if they come to pass? I don’t think it can be quantified but am curious how someone who takes the “no-brainer, it will all have been worth it” stance of certainty thinks about the cost/benefit analysis here.
I assume you mean an intangible cost. Certainly one can quantify a tangible cost, which includes legal fees. A lot of that is being paid by the GFM donations, but I suspect he may still end up paying some of those fees himself. There is the threat of having to pay large amounts of legal fees and sanctions to the other side, but that's not realized at this time.
those depositions definitely helped with his con invites.
And the best part about that is, the defendants
pretty much handed them to him! They could have used the TCPA as intended and shut down discovery almost immediately. But their own pathological need to slag him as much as possible fucked them over. The only things they got out of the affair were a depo from Vic that will probably inspire sympathy in most who see it and higher legal costs, while having to give two of their own depos, at least one of which does not look good at all.
