On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:45:28PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
At least in the US, it's illegal to attempt to manipulate stock prices by spreading rumors about a company, and saying "you should sell before it tanks".
However, it's not illegal to say "don't shop there anymore".
Apply this thought experiment: Pick a *large* provider. AOL, Sprint, British Telecom, Yahoo - anything that a lot of people use. Now assume that the blackhole list is in common use (since it's not effective if it isn't). What's the impact on the net if said large provider *does* get black-listed?
Hell, let's not beat around the bush with thought experiments; Road Runner *IS* blackholed. Are they suing anybody? Are they likely to even try? That's one of the biggest ISPs in existence, and growing faster than anybody.