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Web Site Sues Annoying Pest Troll
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.""
This one is it.
Ok perhaps we need to clear up a few things. Firstly a few misconceptions. The internet is not a democracy, its an oligarchy (government by the few). What does this imply? It implies that the virtual space on the internet that you use that is not a) your own or b) contracted to you to manage, you have no rights to. You are there as a privlidge. (IRC is a great example of this) It is not 'public' space. it is *shared* space.
Being that this is a shared space and random person is neither point A nor point B, there is a level of conduct expected by the ppl that are A and B, and you can be bounced if they deem fit. Please recall that you as A or if so given power as B have the right to control your network, everything coming in and going out.
If you wanan run your own space with your own rules go ahead.. but i'll clue you in here, you wanna let ppl run amok and piss of everyone, you aren't going to get anyone there over then people pissing on each other.