as-if that's the worst they could do. Suing the guy, pressing for charges with CFAA or DMCA anti-circumvention. There were far worse ways this could have gone.
It is a common misconception that the victim can "press charges" against someone for a criminal matter. This is entirely false.
Only the prosecuting attorney (someone employed by the government) gets to choose when and how someone is charged with a crime. The victim has no say whatsoever in the matter, and indeed the DA can charge someone even when the victim doesn't want them to, or decline to prosecute even when the victim requests it.
I did not say "press charges". I specifically said "press for charges" deliberately. In that context meaning to attempt to persuade someone (in this case a prosecutor/police/etc) to actually press charges.
Most of the time when people simply use "press charges" this is what they mean. I specifically used "press for charges" to try to avoid such pedantry. I guess I failed.
as-if that's the worst they could do. Suing the guy, pressing for charges with CFAA or DMCA anti-circumvention. There were far worse ways this could have gone.