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Web Site Sues Annoying Pest Troll

Posted by timothy on from the not-not-this-web-site dept.

kongjie writes "Cleveland's The Plain Dealer has a story in the business section about a pest-control web site that is suing someone who obviously has a particular bone to pick with exterminators: he is accused of being a "troll" who "constantly leaving obnoxious and offensive messages" on their pest-control bulletin board. The suit is for $5,000 and is for "violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.""

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  1. /. should be millionaire's then by netnerd.caffinated · · Score: 0, Redundant

    for every 200 trolls on slashdot. thats a million bucks!
    there should be no need to run ads on here then!

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  2. Wow! Taco has a new paying job! by FPhlyer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Man, oh man! if these guys manage to actually win this case, you can bet that Cmdr. Taco will be next in line to the court house! Can you imagine how much money he could make off slashdot trolls?

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  3. Great oppertunity by Isbiten · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Man I never thoughted trolls could be a good thing, but now!

    I will make millions by sueing all the trolls on my webboard! >:D

    I envy CmdTaco though, he can become a multimillionair playboy now.

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  4. Damn cheap foreign calculators! by 72beetle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    heh, my bad - never mind.

    -72

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  5. Slashdot Trolls Beware by GraZZ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe the editors would consider dropping the ad-banners in favour of extracting income from the trolls...

  6. Re:Watch out slashdot trolls!!! by bsharitt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, Slashdot could make millions.

  7. You should be modded Redundant by niom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You hardly need to stress that there is no foolproof way of stopping trolls. This is Slashdot, remember? What next, a comment informing us that duplicate stories are sometimes posted to online forums?

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