Imagine a group of protesters were protesting in front of the GAP, and got violent. Instead of stopping the protest, the police shut down the GAP.
Lets call the person expressing his opinions the 'protester' as he was exercising his right to free speech. Then, the script kiddies, would be the hecklers, or 'angry GAP employees'. If the angry GAP employees begin to attack the nonviolent protesters, or show signs of impending violence, the police are allowed to end the protest through force
It may not be fair, but it is perfectly legal. First of all, most ISP's put a clause into their contracts so that they could kick a person in circumstances not mentoined on the contract. Secondly, from a first amendment viewpoint, this is considered a heckler's veto, where the authorities are allowed to end a protest if there is potential or actual violence from the spectators, in this case, the script kiddies.
As far as I can tell, the browser simply sets itself as the default browser, it does not prevent people from using other browsers. Now, this may be monopolizing the computer, but a (windows) program that does this is not news. Netscape and Explorer both give the 'use as default' option, and with similar results. The only reason this made the news is AOL's recent steps to takuing over the world.
Hopefully, when this release comes out, Monolith will fix the V0.90 modem bug with the software. If not, Shogo will flop about as much as it did on the PC, as 1000+ pings tend to upset players.
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Imagine a group of protesters were protesting in front of the GAP, and got violent. Instead of stopping the protest, the police shut down the GAP.
Lets call the person expressing his opinions the 'protester' as he was exercising his right to free speech. Then, the script kiddies, would be the hecklers, or 'angry GAP employees'. If the angry GAP employees begin to attack the nonviolent protesters, or show signs of impending violence, the police are allowed to end the protest through force
It may not be fair, but it is perfectly legal. First of all, most ISP's put a clause into their contracts so that they could kick a person in circumstances not mentoined on the contract. Secondly, from a first amendment viewpoint, this is considered a heckler's veto, where the authorities are allowed to end a protest if there is potential or actual violence from the spectators, in this case, the script kiddies.
And I have proof: I almost bought a Tori Amos album, but then I decided to download it with Napster.
You (1 person) did not buy 1 record because of napster, so therefore it hurts record sales? Helooooo logic!
As far as I can tell, the browser simply sets itself as the default browser, it does not prevent people from using other browsers. Now, this may be monopolizing the computer, but a (windows) program that does this is not news. Netscape and Explorer both give the 'use as default' option, and with similar results. The only reason this made the news is AOL's recent steps to takuing over the world.
Hopefully, when this release comes out, Monolith will fix the V0.90 modem bug with the software. If not, Shogo will flop about as much as it did on the PC, as 1000+ pings tend to upset players.