[Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Wed Aug 21 01:56:06 UTC 2013


We could hire expert staff to deal with serious socking by dangerous or
highly disruptive users. Their wages would be the damage.

Fred

> An additional issue, if we're still talking CFAA's private right of
> action,
> is where would the minimum damage requirements come from?
>
> -Dan
>
> Dan Rosenthal
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
>> <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Discussed several times with no clear outcome.
>> >
>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-January/123678.html
>> >
>> > <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Archives/2011-10-06#WSJ_Op-Ed_.22Should_Faking_a_Name_on_Facebook_Be_a_Felony.3F.22
>> >
>> > <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Archives/2011-11-08#Is_this_enforceable.3F
>> >
>> > <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Archives/2011-12-13#Criminal_liability_for_breaching_the_TOU
>> >
>> >
>> > Nemo
>> >
>> >
>>
>> That is, frankly, a very different issue (in fact, other than
>> implicating the CFAA, could hardly be more different).
>>
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