I do believe in this case the Digital Millenium Copyright Act was violated, and it's a stiff sumbitch when it comes to penalties, especially ones involving personal gain. I'd be more worried about the blatant attempt at credit fraud if I were the person behind it though. -- Joseph W. Shaw - jshaw@insync.net Freelance Computer Security Consultant and Perl Programmer Free UNIX advocate - "I hack, therefore I am." On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Peter Galbavy wrote:
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:15:50AM -0500, Phil Howard wrote:
So 9netave has no AUP prohibiting use of its services for conducting scams? I would not want to run my web site at a hoster that could become blocked by many ISPs. But then, I'd never use 9netave for many reasons.
I dunno. I just made the point. Check their web site for their AUPs and if they are breached, follow the instructions they give. Remember however that the AUP is an agreement between the provider and customer and does not give a third party any rights (unless it is badly written). That is what the courts are for.
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