"Cosource developers must wait until the end of the project for a third-party referee to approve the work before receiving full payment for their work. "
Maybe we should just allow anyone to run around under any pseudonym they chose, and allow them to take out several driver's licences, bank accounts, etc, in various names that couldn't be tracked back to them.
Do you like spam and e-fraud?
You aren't losing any privacy by ID-ing yourself to an ISP, really now. See my response to the next comment as well.
One would expect that content emanating from a certain ISP account would come from the owner of that account, the person who registered for it. Should we allow people to get a driver's licence in somebody else's name? What about a bank account? That would constitute fraud. One should at least have proof that the name isn't entirely false. You would be able to present evidence that this hypothetical stepson does exist as named, and is related to you. This 'other John B Doe' would have no reason to sue, because the account legitimately belongs to someone who just happens to share the same name.
According to the article; "Mr. Lunney, through his father, sued Prodigy contending that the company negligently allowed accounts to be opened in his name. He sought damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. " Now, should it be perfectly legal to *impersonate* someone online? This Lunney dude had the right to contend against Prodigy opening the accounts in his name. Yes, ISPs are only carriers, but they should implement stronger checks to prevent this kind of harrasment. IMHO, ISPs should be held liable for something such as a web site containing illegal content. They should also be liable for impersonation/fraud, which is what happened here. They should *not* be liable for the content of message boards, email, and other such temporary content or public forums, which is also what happened. Yadda, yadda.
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According to the article:
"Cosource developers must wait until the end of the project for a third-party referee to approve the work before receiving full payment for their work. "
My wrong-doing. I see your point. I believe my other point is still valid though.
Maybe we should just allow anyone to run around under any pseudonym they chose, and allow them to take out several driver's licences, bank accounts, etc, in various names that couldn't be tracked back to them.
Do you like spam and e-fraud?
You aren't losing any privacy by ID-ing yourself to an ISP, really now. See my response to the next comment as well.
One would expect that content emanating from a certain ISP account would come from the owner of that account, the person who registered for it.
Should we allow people to get a driver's licence in somebody else's name? What about a bank account? That would constitute fraud. One should at least have proof that the name isn't entirely false. You would be able to present evidence that this hypothetical stepson does exist as named, and is related to you. This 'other John B Doe' would have no reason to sue, because the account legitimately belongs to someone who just happens to share the same name.
According to the article; "Mr. Lunney, through his father, sued Prodigy contending that the company negligently allowed accounts to be opened in his name. He sought damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. " Now, should it be perfectly legal to *impersonate* someone online? This Lunney dude had the right to contend against Prodigy opening the accounts in his name. Yes, ISPs are only carriers, but they should implement stronger checks to prevent this kind of harrasment. IMHO, ISPs should be held liable for something such as a web site containing illegal content. They should also be liable for impersonation/fraud, which is what happened here. They should *not* be liable for the content of message boards, email, and other such temporary content or public forums, which is also what happened. Yadda, yadda.
I've posted 5 of the pics at http://www.geocities.com/iguana2000/ Enjoy.
Yes, you can get CD-R's that size. I've seen them here in Australia at comp. fairs. They hold ~175 MB. More expensive though... must be novelty items.