[ouhamouch]

That was private negotiations, btw, not public statements.

In response to J.P's blog already framed AT as project grown from a carding forum + pushed his speculations onto ArsTechnica, whose parent company just destroyed 12ft and is on to a new victim. The story is full of untold conflicts of interests covered with soap opera around DDoS.

[MBCook]

Why does it matter it was a private communications?

It’s still a threat isn’t it?

[Yossarrian22]

Can you elaborate on your point?

[ouhamouch]

The fight is not about where it is shown and not about what, not about "links in Wikipedia", but about whether News Inc will be able to kill AT, as they did with 12FT.

[Yossarrian22]

What is News Inc? Are they a funder of Wikipedia(I think Wikipedia didn’t have a parent company so they’re not owners)?

[ouhamouch]

They are owner of ArsTechnica which wrote 3rd (or 4th?) article on AT in a row painting it in certain colors.

The article about FBI subpoena that pulled J.P's speculations out of the closet was also in ArsTechnica and by the same author, and that same article explicitly mentioned how they are happy with 12ft down

[Yossarrian22]

… Ars is owned by Conde Nast?

[ouhamouch]

from the Ars article:

--- US publishers have been fighting web services designed to bypass paywalls. In July, the News/Media Alliance said it secured the takedown of paywall-bypass website 12ft.io. “Following the News/Media Alliance’s efforts, the webhost promptly locked 12ft.io on Monday, July 14th,” the group said. (Ars Technica owner Condé Nast is a member of the alliance.) ---