Topic: GAW / Josh Garza discussion Paycoin XPY xpy.io ION ionomy. ALWAYS MAKE MONEY :) - page 1599. (Read 3377857 times)

They have until the end of this month for 1099s. Good question though.

Yes we were

The more I think about this, the more I wonder... what ever in Garza's twisted mind justified his reasoning in requiring his moderators sign NDA's in addition to agreeing to the ever-changing 11+ page TOS he already had?

Likewise, were ANY of the moderators sent 1099 forms for tax purposes if they made more than US$600 in 2014, which wouldn't take long if paid $150/week (specifically, 1 month)... hmm.....

Scott-

Problem is that not all of it is opinion... there's a whole metric fuck ton of posts from "dear leader" and friends... So... by his math, we have way more "thousands" of opinions...

Oh and that pesky thing called archives and actual code seems to be here... not there...

While it is true that an NDA can not be used to shield criminal activity, it's still up to a judge if disclosing information with an NDA would violate legal privilege.

I strongly suggest anyone looking to ignore a signed NDA, even one from GAW, to seek a legal opinion from a qualified non forum posting individual (read as seek legal advice from a barred lawyer).

With that said, I have no NDA so whatever I find out by reading their absolute crap code I disclose without worrying about anything from Mr. Gaza and friends...

No NDA can oblige you to be part of criminal conduct, or prevent you from reporting it.  By the looks of it you can use that NDA as toilet paper.

Any copy/paste NDA and/or TOS is not enforceable in matters that are found to be criminal [unlawful] in nature. Digital signatures are another matter with facsimiles still holding more grown over scanned/emailed docs. There are, however, online 3rd party digital signature services now that address this.

Scott-

Oh, our buddy bitgeek is alive. Well, he was never good at math or stats, so that's fine. Nice to see him sticking with GAW through ups and downs, mostly downs recently. Ask him how much XPY he's hodling and what's the cost basis.

LOL The Gawtards gave up attacking in here and use others OPs to do so.

Check out this quote:

881 pages of opinions all written by not more than 20 people while GAW's customers can be counted in thousands. A nice hater lounge you have there, full of newbies posting memes all day Cheesy

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10220499
Only 20 people in here writing opinions in contrast to the thousands of customers who just love GAWD.

A few more thoughts (as with Mr. Felt, I am not your lawyer so take this to your lawyer if you can).  The following is based on U.S. law, but my knowledge of UK law is decent and I don't think there would be much difference:

1) An NDA used to shield fraud or cover other criminal conduct is unenforceable (courts do not enforce contracts that violate public policy; in fact, a contract to conceal a crime is itself a criminal violation: Model Penal Code 242.5 and state statutes cited therein).  I am not saying that your NDA is being used to shield or fraud or criminal violation - you need to figure that part out.  But IF that is the case, the NDA cannot be asserted against you if you only disclose the facts behind the fraud/criminal violation.

2) Reporting to an agency is in most states and countries privileged and less likely to subject you to a lawsuit from GAW

3) Revealing "trade secrets" is more problematic than revealing other CI as trade secrets receive greater protection generally.  A trade secret is CI that derives substantial economic value from being secret and which is protected by gaw as a trade secret.  Most CI would not qualify.

4) If you qualify as an employee under whistleblower statutes in most cases, reporting is allowed notwithstanding NDAs

5) Only information you received from GAW is protected; information from others is not

6) Information ceases to be protected once it becomes public.  If info is already public, you are released from your non-disclosure by the last para on the first page

RE: 2 - doesn't matter if they allowed it to be returned electronically.  There's a provision in that agreement that says the written agreement alone represents the entire agreement between the parties and that any deviation has to be done in writing.  So, possibly nobody signed it given they didn't provide you w/ a signed copy. 

I am in the UK - to me its a moot point


Actually, GAW allowed us all to return it via electronic means, with electronic signatures if need be - we never received a copy back


Its not even their NDA they copied it from an Animal Sanctuary

To me, there are several angles I'd use to attack this document if I had a client in my state trying to get out of the same - assuming the document were a document governed by the laws of my state. Few examples:

1. Depending on the jurisdiction, contracts w/ an indefinite duration are not enforceable. I took a quick read-through of the NDA and it looks like the term is indefinite.  

2. Also, its not effective until both parties sign and deliver the NDA.  Delivery methods, unless defined, often refer to physical delivery of the documents or notice.  This NDA doesn't seem to authorize electronic delivery. I'm guessing both sides did not sign and deliver physical copies of this document - but I'm just speculating and have no way of knowing the truth.

3. Generally, courts frown on retraints on trade.  There's a movement away from the enforceability of non-compete agreements and NDAs for this reason. That would be another angle I'd explore if I were looking for a way to attack this document.  

Not legal advice. I'm not your lawyer.

Ha! That's hilarious. Didn't recognize Homero at first with that purty black hair!



When I saw the image of Josh with the Jester hat on it stirred some looong dormant brain cells and I instantly thought of the "Safety Dance" Video with the dancing lute playing midget jester(Earworm alert: click this link with Caution!)

Good point, I wasnt thinking - still in work mode - here it is on pastebin

http://pastebin.com/j6ZrZ3Gn

If you're paranoid open it here: http://www.viewdocsonline.com/

Do you or do you not have information that could incriminate Josh Garza? If you do.. you should release it to the public, he won't be able to sue you for releasing information if his whole organization is bankrupt.

Careful with .doc files
They are a notepad file, made executable by
the embedding of benign or malicious script using Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE).
..doc files are not pure data files... .doc is the extension used for ms
word documents and are thus OLE2 objects - they are, in effect, their
own file system (and have file system troubles like fragmentation) and
can contain interpreted programs called macros... and those macros can
be infectious...

just paste the text here

looking for a nice cosy place to withdraw a few shiny slackers slacking shitcoins at the moment and a few months moar (IF I can)  

Hi Waffle,

I have no issues with the NDA actually being reviewed - it was actually from a Dog Sanctuary originally I think - a copy is here https://www.geekforaweek.co.uk/GAW/NDA.doc for anyone to happily review (I am not going to post the signed one as it contains Personally Identifying Information to myself, and I am sure you understand not to put all your details on the internet

Yes we were paid by GAW, however, I would stretch it to say employed, acting under orders, yes, and if anyone asks, it was $150 per week that Moderators were paid - possibly still are paid - I dont know (Josh actually said we were paid on Hashtalk at one point, someone asked him the amount, he never answered).

I have no issues releasing the documentation, chat logs from Slack and Google Hangouts (I wrote a screen scraper so I could catch up on conversations as I was asleep when all the decisions were made) as well as additional spreadsheets and emails I have to the appropriate authorities should they request it.

My original reasons for leaving were as stated - I could no longer believe in what I was seeing, unfortunately when you are "behind the scenes" you see a completely different aspect to the one you see in front as you can well understand.

I hope that answers some of your questions.

Animo