I think your perception about growing hostility on the Internet isn't an accurate one. I think that the percentage of hostile individuals have remained the same for decades. The _number_ of hostile, illiterate, fucking morons have certainly increased and we can blame that problem on AOL and WebTV. (And there is a growing percentage of Internet users which refuse to talk with AOLers and WebTVers.)
We had this problem in FidoNet, too. Back in 1982, there were very few Type-A personailities in FidoNet and those few which came along over the next two years were easily ignored. But as the FidoNet grew, the _percentage_ of Type-A's stayed the same but due to their numbers, were harder to filter, ignore, or otherwise successfully miss.
Yes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. was used by the Scientology cult to get the identity of an individual posting in alt.clearing.technology called "Safe." They claimed to AT&T thyat Mr. Safe had violated their copyrights and AT&T simply handed over his identity regardless of the fact that it was against his Constitutional rights, the fact that no copy right violation had taken place, and the fact that the cult's ringleaders had been trying to years to acquire his identity to shut him up after discussing his detailed knowledge of the internal working of the cult.
The idea isn't to punish Xenu.NET for some alleged copyright or trademark violation, but to try to silence the Internet's most comprehensive and inclusive web site that covers the Scientology cult and its criminal, racketeering activities.
Ironically, trying to shut it down for good only serves to assist Mr. Hagglund in educating the wired world about what the Scientology cult is all about.
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I think your perception about growing hostility on the
Internet isn't an accurate one. I think that the
percentage of hostile individuals have remained the
same for decades. The _number_ of hostile, illiterate,
fucking morons have certainly increased and we can blame
that problem on AOL and WebTV. (And there is a
growing percentage of Internet users which refuse to
talk with AOLers and WebTVers.)
We had this problem in FidoNet, too. Back in 1982, there
were very few Type-A personailities in FidoNet and those
few which came along over the next two years were easily
ignored. But as the FidoNet grew, the _percentage_ of
Type-A's stayed the same but due to their numbers, were
harder to filter, ignore, or otherwise successfully miss.
Yes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. was used by the Scientology cult to get the identity of an individual posting in alt.clearing.technology called "Safe." They claimed to AT&T thyat Mr. Safe had violated their copyrights and AT&T simply handed over his identity regardless of the fact that it was against his Constitutional rights, the fact that no copy right violation had taken place, and the fact that the cult's ringleaders had been trying to years to acquire his identity to shut him up after discussing his detailed knowledge of the internal working of the cult.
The idea isn't to punish Xenu.NET for some
alleged copyright or trademark violation, but
to try to silence the Internet's most comprehensive and inclusive web site that
covers the Scientology cult and its criminal,
racketeering activities.
Ironically, trying to shut it down for good
only serves to assist Mr. Hagglund in educating
the wired world about what the Scientology cult
is all about.