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"Use any on-line service at your own risk"Fallout from the My Space suicide
case
Brad at WendyMcElroy.com wrote
a disturbing piece on the My Space suicide case, he links to a Groklaw article. Becky C. at
Just a Girl in short shorts
(NSFW) did another.
Now I agree the lady is mindscum, but our overreaction just unleashed the monster. Here's the scary part, and it's something that hadn't occurred to me either. I'm going to quote Brad. Emphasis in original. Stop and think about that: violation of a contractual agreement is now a criminal offense, not civil. Even if it's an "implicit" agreement hidden behind a "Legal Notices" link on the bottom of the page. And worse, it's an offense if the service provider decides, unilaterally, that you have violated its terms. And of course many of those agreements are subject to change without notice. As of now, you use any on-line service at your own risk. Well, bloody blue blazes, isn't that just fine. You may be breaking a contract with a web service right now, and could be subject to criminal charges. Oh gods, the law of "good intentions" strikes again. I wonder how far this is going to go. Some of my blog writing has been cited on websites I don't agree with (to put it mildly). Does that make me liable if a reader does something provocative or dangerous? Does it violate my agreement with the nice folks who host two of my blogs? I guess I need to reword my use agreement. 
Posted: Mon - December
1, 2008 at 02:01 PM
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