Another is that I don’t think Paul Carr could have written that piece in response to Cooks Source, for several reasons – evidence (freely available proof v one person’s word), response of the alleged perpetrator (admittedly clumsy apology and admission of wrongdoing v silence, as far as I’m aware) and the very different dynamics that surround reporting and discussing sexual assault v plagiarism.

But in either case it’s hard – next to impossible sometimes – for victims to get justice; resources are scarce and perpetrators go unpunished. It might have been nice to see Techcrunch discussing the problems of sexual assault in the tech community as a wider issue than this single incident, which is clearly not isolated. Similarly, perhaps commentators could use Cooks Source as a start point for discussions of plagiarism online, protections for bloggers, legal and other resources, and the other, much bigger issues affecting online copyright at the moment.

Short version: you were right to post the story – I’d probably have done the same if I was consistently online at the moment – but I’d like to see the incident put in a wider context. (Which of course means it’s my responsibility to try to do it myself.)