Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Blogger Threatened For Publishing JS Hack

Posted by kdawson on from the most-boneheaded-legal-threat-contest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Internet radio station Atlanta Blue Skye LLC has warned a Romania-based technology enthusiast that his blog has been 'copied' and turned over to its lawyers. The issue stems from his posting of a widely known workaround for bypassing JavaScript functions that try to disable a mouse's right-click context menu functionality, and the radio stream information gathered from the Properties function of Windows Media Player."

6 of 320 comments (clear)

  1. They broke the law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They copied his blog? That's copyright infringement - and that's against the law. It's no different to walking into a store and stealing a CD.

  2. Hey, let's all do the time warp...again! by XahXhaX · · Score: 5, Funny

    What year is this, 1998? Trying to block right clicking as a means of 'protection'? That puts you on par with Geocities members pre-2000, and about one minor step above using js to spoof the status bar or hide the address bar. I suppose next they'll be petitioning the ISPs for surveillance to see who's been viewing their page source, claiming it as violation of 'trade secrets'.

    1. Re:Hey, let's all do the time warp...again! by Ajehals · · Score: 5, Funny

      I suppose next they'll be petitioning the ISPs for surveillance to see who's been viewing their page source, claiming it as violation of 'trade secrets'. FBI -> ISP: We need information on any individual who has had access to the html or js source of these websites
      ISP -> FBI: Well, ahem, everybody who views the site has access to the html or js source
      FBI -> ISP: Everyone?
      ISP -> FBI: Well yeah, you see when the user visits a site the browser requests the page, and the server hosting the page will send the html source, then the browser will render the source to look nice for the viewer... you can hide some of the logic with php, jsp or asp and other server side...
      FBI -> ISP: But if they can see the source then could they make copies...?
      ISP -> FBI: Well yes but...
      FBI -> ISP: They would know all the secret techniques used to make the site?
      ISP -> FBI: Well yes, but as I was going to say...
      FBI -> ISP: Well that makes it easier thanks. Bye

      1 week later:

      'The BBC has learned that a large number of extradition requests from the US government relating to British subjects and other non US-nationals breaching Trade Secret, Copyright and Terrorism laws, this is after it was alleged that people are illegally viewing web pages.

      This comes after the US issued Arrest Warrants for 3.7 billion individuals globally on Monday. A Spokesman for the DHS is quoted as saying:

        "Well if everyone can see how stuff works, they could copy it, and if they copy it they could use it, and if they could use it they could mislead people. Misleading people is not nice and causes angst, angst is like fear, and fear is a bit like terror. Terror is caused by terrorists, therefore viewing web pages is terrorism. Also children may be harmed in some way."'
  3. Re:Attention Americans: by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dems fightin' words !

    --
    Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
  4. Re:Romania? by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that like one of those less known states in the USA?

    Kinda like Idaho, but with lettuce instead of potatoes.
    --
    Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
  5. Re:Oh yea? by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    talk to other people in the room. Be careful, some people get upset and tell you to be quiet, they're watching the ads.

    Female people.
    --
    How we know is more important than what we know.