>-- Your message was: (from "Keith Moore") > I think a class-action suit might be in order. Perhaps the net could > sue them for the cost of the disk space taken up by the number of > spammed copies, times the number of sites on Usenet. Even if it is > only a few dollars per site the total amount could be substantial. > > How do we get something like this started? Keith Moore > ------------------ > >I don't think a legal remedy is worth pursuing, because it would take >too long, cost too much, and likely fail. The courts tend to lag >behind technology and they tend to handle new problems poorly. > >I think it would be more workable to simply take direct action. We >should probably do the homework to identify who the bad guys are, >sit and cool off for a day, and then put out a call to our readers >for each of them to send a large file to the offending site if the >site hasn't cleaned up its own mess. > >That would choke a corner of The Net for a day or two, but it would >probably make sites much more proactive about encouraging their users >not to do wrong things. > >Sounds like panix is doing right things (at least after the fact) in >the case at hand, but I think sell.com could probably profit from a >few gigs of trash coming at them. It might hurt psi, but it's a little >disappointing that psi is selling a feed to known net sociopaths like >Canter and Siegal. -B I spoke with one of our legal staff and was reminded that there aren't really any very clear laws being broken here. So... legal action would (unfortunately) likely fail. -- Online.. | | (Dan Brown [log in to unmask]) _/| __/| _ |/ |/ Or... Flatline. _________________