Re: [seul-edu] MS targeting schools for software audits...

[Ed Lawson <elawson@lawson-philpot.com>]

Doug Loss wrote:

>
>Asking him to repay what he illegally took from you, and letting him
>know that you'd pursue legal courses if he didn't voluntarily do the
>right thing is in no way extortion.
>
You are right that it is not extortion.  However, it is a very big no no 
to threaten criminal prosecution in order to force a civil remedy or 
settlement.  I'm sure the lawyer was thinking of that when he used the 
word extortion.

Ed Lawson