What is the precedent here? I'm afraid there probably is none. This is the absolutely scary part of stories of this nature. Legal sytems in our western Lockeian traditon all work on precedent. Once a case has been decided in a specifice way, it guides the decisions of Jurists in future cases. It is difficult for an attorney to get a judge to break precedent.
We live in precedent making times. This sort of case is wide open. What can we do to see that our precious internet (anyone remember the glorious BBS days and mom and dad yelling about the call to Germany?) is not forever ruined by archaic ideas of property rights? Whether this proves true, it scares me. Many of us, many intelligent people are at least scared it's true. That is enough to prove that we at least live in times where it could be true. And that is enough to make me lose sleep.
We should, I think explore the bounds of civil disobedience and protest on the electronic frontier. Rights are every day taken away. The internet will be turned into a strip mall and a conduit for anonymous investigation of the public if we simply stand by. I am appalled, and simply stunned at things like the etoy/etoys debacle and this, if it should prove true.
On the even keeled side however, I'd like to know:
a) what sort of laws are in place to allow this sort of action?
b) what sort of judge would issue a search warrant in a civil case, especially one brought by a foreing entity?
c) what record does this journal and./ et al have in disseminating bunk/pulling pranks? I know the answer to the latter but not the former.
d) who else noted this site is running NT? Hope they have all of their patches up to date.
One of my friends just quit as their top project/admin guy out there. He's going to yahoo. That's what the search is all about. A couple others left as well.
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What is the precedent here? I'm afraid there probably is none. This is the absolutely scary part of stories of this nature. Legal sytems in our western Lockeian traditon all work on precedent. Once a case has been decided in a specifice way, it guides the decisions of Jurists in future cases. It is difficult for an attorney to get a judge to break precedent.
./ et al have in disseminating bunk/pulling pranks? I know the answer to the latter but not the former.
We live in precedent making times. This sort of case is wide open. What can we do to see that our precious internet (anyone remember the glorious BBS days and mom and dad yelling about the call to Germany?) is not forever ruined by archaic ideas of property rights? Whether this proves true, it scares me. Many of us, many intelligent people are at least scared it's true. That is enough to prove that we at least live in times where it could be true. And that is enough to make me lose sleep.
We should, I think explore the bounds of civil disobedience and protest on the electronic frontier. Rights are every day taken away. The internet will be turned into a strip mall and a conduit for anonymous investigation of the public if we simply stand by. I am appalled, and simply stunned at things like the etoy/etoys debacle and this, if it should prove true.
On the even keeled side however, I'd like to know:
a) what sort of laws are in place to allow this sort of action?
b) what sort of judge would issue a search warrant in a civil case, especially one brought by a foreing entity?
c) what record does this journal and
d) who else noted this site is running NT? Hope they have all of their patches up to date.
One of my friends just quit as their top project/admin guy out there. He's going to yahoo. That's what the search is all about. A couple others left as well.