Inside Sprint Now blog disappeared-what happened?

[twinelm]

Do we know what has happened to Neo (our affectionate term for him/her since this mole in Sprint was anonymous) and his Inside Sprint now blog on Wordpress? I got an update Monday saying he needed help and would be happy with a donation of a "beer" which many of those of us waiting for the Evo LTE were more than happy to send along to thank him for all of his Sprint Insider updates and info. He said he thought they still didn't know his identity but I wonder if that changed? Has anyone heard via twitter?
I went to look at his blog this afternoon and WordPress said it was archived or suspended for Terms of Service violations.

 

[Citizen Coyote]

Last I heard Sprint got WordPress to shut his blog down, and he was trying to find a way to revive it. That was from another forum or post, however, and I don't have any other details.

 

[Granite1]

That's poop.

ISN was my savior during EVO gate, really hope they didn't discover his/her identity.

 

[NeoteriX]

From what I saw on the twitter, it looks to be a DCMA take down... which means it's probably for all those training videos and stuff he posted.... perhaps not the inside content.

 

[EarlyMon]

For those that don't tweet -

copy of DMCA Takedown notice from #Sprint http://insidesprintnow.blogspot.com/2012/06/dmca-takedown-notice-from-sprint.html?spref=tw (temp location) #ISN

Published Sprint - Chicago Network SMS on Scribd http://scr.bi/NaaMKT #readcast

While you wait... I have 90+ #Sprint Videos up here - have you watched them all? http://www.youtube.com/user/InsideSprintNow #ISN

 

[3vodroid]

Neos YouTube has been hit as well... I feel bad... He got so much more publicity than normal during the launch of the EVO 4G LTE and I guess the heat was on after that. Hopefully he/she works everything out... I miss that blog... I was wondering why the emails just seemed to stop one day. Everything you all want to know is right on twitter. He/she is trying to get together an offshore server to get the blog back up and running. I donated some money to the cause. He/she was a big help to all of us during evogate.

 

[Evo 5oh]

Is there a way I could be updated when Neos blog is back up. I would like to help as well... But I dont have any contact information or site to check if is back up ...

 

[3vodroid]

Is there a way I could be updated when Neos blog is back up. I would like to help as well... But I dont have any contact information or site to check if is back up ...

Check twitter... I haven't heard much from him but last time he/she posted they were collecting money to get the blog back up via offshore server

 

[Mr. Ed]

wow..that's craziness...I love you guys, and the forum...but I could never put my career on the line like that. Sprint takes proprietary information very seriously. Immediate termination applies ...no ifs ands or buts

 

[Speed Daemon]

From what I saw on the twitter, it looks to be a DCMA take down... which means it's probably for all those training videos and stuff he posted.... perhaps not the inside content.

I can't feel bad for the fool if it's all on free services, violating their TOS. That's why I pay for my own server. Sheesh!

 

[Speed Daemon]

wow..that's craziness...I love you guys, and the forum...but I could never put my career on the line like that. Sprint takes proprietary information very seriously. Immediate termination applies ...no ifs ands or buts

For all we know this person is an unpaid intern.

For Sprint's part, they could do better to remember that they're making big money off of FOSS, and part of the contract calls for them to be open to their customers. So far Linus Torvalds hasn't been inclined to get into litigation, but that's what it might take to remind these companies that the enthusiasts who giveth freely can taketh away. It's not like we're asking for proprietary business information...