Just so you know, my report went fine. Specifically, when you (or whoever it was) searched for information outside of this website for info on the name 'Chock' and found some info relating to that elsewhere with the intent of posting it on this forum for malicious intent, and chose to use it on this thread, thereby making it possible to identify me against my express wishes when registering on this forum, you not only transgressed the rules of this forum, whereby as long as more than ten days has passed between me making the selection on my registry to not disclose personal information, then it is an offence.
But more importantly, (for you and anyone else who participated in that act), you were in breach of the 'CONTROLLING THE ASSAULT OF NON-SOLICITED PORNOGRAPHY AND MARKETING ACT OF 2003', which I found out whilst reporting your actions to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the US, via their IC3 reporting protocol.
This means I have instigated a criminal investigation against you and all your friends (told you I wasn't joking). You might be interested to know that a breach, if proven (which will not hard to do, since I forwarded the URL for this thread on my report to the FBI) carries a maximum five year prison sentence, a fine of up to one million Dollars (not excluding any personal damages I might choose to pursue for breach of privacy, which it was by definition of the forum registration rules), and all your equipment used to commit the act (i.e your computer and modem etc) can also be confiscated, not that big a deal in comparison to being fined a million bucks, but there you go. You can also be the subject of an order preventing you from using a computer for a period of time, if found to have broken that law, which I can assure you, you did.
If you don't believe me, feel free to read up on that law, and you will see that your actions transgressed several sections of it, which by virtue of this being a forum for a company based in California, is a criminal act. And if you still don't really believe that I reported your actions, here is the FBI complaint ID number: I1002250221319062
Have fun with your criminal record.
Al
Hi Chock,
I'm a duly licensed and practicing criminal defense attorney. Just wanted to tell you that they haven't really violated 15 U.S.C. 7701 in any way shape or form, that they don't really have anything to fear, and that your report will likely be passed around the office and laughed at before being tacked to the office bulletin board.
I think you gotta be a SA member and to join SA you have to pay and yeah... paying to post on a forum ftl
Well yeah, we need to pay for upkeep. Just like STO -- if Cryptic would only implement some sort of guild tithing system, Starfleet Dental wouldn't have to charge its $5/month subscription fees.
Well yeah, we need to pay for upkeep. Just like STO -- if Cryptic would only implement some sort of guild tithing system, Starfleet Dental wouldn't have to charge its $5/month subscription fees.
Which is weird as I have yet to see another guild forum that charges its members to post there lol
Sure it exists, jus never seen it
Just so you know, my report went fine. Specifically, when you (or whoever it was) searched for information outside of this website for info on the name 'Chock' and found some info relating to that elsewhere with the intent of posting it on this forum for malicious intent, and chose to use it on this thread, thereby making it possible to identify me against my express wishes when registering on this forum, you not only transgressed the rules of this forum, whereby as long as more than ten days has passed between me making the selection on my registry to not disclose personal information, then it is an offence.
But more importantly, (for you and anyone else who participated in that act), you were in breach of the 'CONTROLLING THE ASSAULT OF NON-SOLICITED PORNOGRAPHY AND MARKETING ACT OF 2003', which I found out whilst reporting your actions to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the US, via their IC3 reporting protocol.
This means I have instigated a criminal investigation against you and all your friends (told you I wasn't joking). You might be interested to know that a breach, if proven (which will not hard to do, since I forwarded the URL for this thread on my report to the FBI) carries a maximum five year prison sentence, a fine of up to one million Dollars (not excluding any personal damages I might choose to pursue for breach of privacy, which it was by definition of the forum registration rules), and all your equipment used to commit the act (i.e your computer and modem etc) can also be confiscated, not that big a deal in comparison to being fined a million bucks, but there you go. You can also be the subject of an order preventing you from using a computer for a period of time, if found to have broken that law, which I can assure you, you did.
If you don't believe me, feel free to read up on that law, and you will see that your actions transgressed several sections of it, which by virtue of this being a forum for a company based in California, is a criminal act. And if you still don't really believe that I reported your actions, here is the FBI complaint ID number: I1002250221319062
Oh man you're such a pathetic trekkie. Nothing is going to happen to Starfleet Dental. Perhaps you should go back to reading your Kirk/Spock slash fiction and masturbating over images of William Shatner's beautiful chest.
Actually, I think a lot of people have missed the point here, which is a tricky legal one. So here it is in relatively easy to follow terms...
It is a breach of personal privacy covered by that Act when has someone stalked for information with the express intent of publishing it maliciously via third party commercial internet source (the important point here is 'commercial'). For the purposes of the act, 'maliciously' includes the means to obtain an email address or other personal details that can lead to that information, if it is done so without the person's express permission to do so at that source. This is the thing which makes it a criminal act. It is true that this happens fairly often and people rarely act upon it because they are often unaware it actually is something the law protects them from, and ordinarily people are not seeking to post information of that nature on forums with any malicious intent, but that does not alter the fact that it is a breach of that particular law, and anyone has a right to pursue such action given that this is the case. With me so far? Good.
Now, because that information can still be retrieved via the clues to my identity which have been published against my will on this forum thread, this makes Cryptic, who own this website, complicit in the act by virtue of the fact that it is a commercial site, albeit unwittingly. However, since I registered a complaint about this state of affairs to them a few days ago, and the information is still on this thread, they are still breaching that law in hosting information which can provide personal details about me against that person's wishes (this is the bit the law covers), and continue to do so every time one of these people repeats that comment, further incriminating themselves in the process. You will doubtless recall I mentioned that there were some clever people involved, but I also pointed out that they would attract their fair share of not very clever people too, which is a case in point in that instance.
So, not only are the people who sought and publicised that information in breach of the Act designed to protect an individual's privacy because they placed it on a commercial site, but unless Cryptic address the issue, they are also complicit unless they distance themselves from the action, or even more likely, choose to point out who is responsible.
Now, since Cryptic are in California, which the last time I checked, had not fallen into the sea, and is therefore part of the United States. Therefore, Cryptic is under the jurisdiction of matters the FBI can pursue, if their actions, or actions which they make possible contravene the aforementioned law, which means Cryptic risk being embroiled in my complaint if they don't do that, since I chose the option to remain anonymous when registering on this forum. And so, this is why I addressed my complaint to the FBI.
Thus, if this forum continues to offers a means to transmit that information against my wishes, it is aiding in the breach of that law which is in place to protect my private details from being sought by means of a commercial website if I have not granted permission for that to be done, which I haven't. This by the way, is watertight, since the website the information was obtained from is also in the US and also covered by that law, which means I too am covered by that law when I make a complaint. You see? Isn't all this FBI stuff exciting?
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
I've contacted Cryptic, let them know the situation, and it is up to them, but if I was a betting man, I know which of those two options my money would be on. I've no axe to grind with Cryptic by the way, and that is because I'm fairly sure that they will not want to drop themselves in it when they unwittingly transgress a law by virtue of the actions of others.
Sorry to disappoint you guys if you thought I was going to wander into my local police station and start crying to them, rather than take an approach which would get a proper result, but if you're going to have a pop at me, then you should have checked who you were messing with beforehand. As Kirk might say, I don't believe in the no win situation.
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
Hi, it's actually c) a moderator locks this thread and the FBI agent (is that the term?) who receives your complaint laughs at it and nothing else ever happens.
Actually, I think a lot of people have missed the point here, which is a tricky legal one. So here it is in relatively easy to follow terms...
It is a breach of personal privacy covered by that Act when has someone stalked for information with the express intent of publishing it maliciously via third party commercial internet source (the important point here is 'commercial'). For the purposes of the act, 'maliciously' includes the means to obtain an email address or other personal details that can lead to that information, if it is done so without the person's express permission to do so at that source. This is the thing which makes it a criminal act. It is true that this happens fairly often and people rarely act upon it because they are often unaware it actually is something the law protects them from, and ordinarily people are not seeking to post information of that nature on forums with any malicious intent, but that does not alter the fact that it is a breach of that particular law, and anyone has a right to pursue such action given that this is the case. With me so far? Good.
Now, because that information can still be retrieved via the clues to my identity which have been published against my will on this forum thread, this makes Cryptic, who own this website, complicit in the act by virtue of the fact that it is a commercial site, albeit unwittingly. However, since I registered a complaint about this state of affairs to them a few days ago, and the information is still on this thread, they are still breaching that law in hosting information which can provide personal details about me against that person's wishes (this is the bit the law covers), and continue to do so every time one of these people repeats that comment, further incriminating themselves in the process. You will doubtless recall I mentioned that there were some clever people involved, but I also pointed out that they would attract their fair share of not very clever people too, which is a case in point in that instance.
So, not only are the people who sought and publicised that information in breach of the Act designed to protect an individual's privacy because they placed it on a commercial site, but unless Cryptic address the issue, they are also complicit unless they distance themselves from the action, or even more likely, choose to point out who is responsible.
Now, since Cryptic are in California, which the last time I checked, had not fallen into the sea, and is therefore part of the United States. Therefore, Cryptic is under the jurisdiction of matters the FBI can pursue, if their actions, or actions which they make possible contravene the aforementioned law, which means Cryptic risk being embroiled in my complaint if they don't do that, since I chose the option to remain anonymous when registering on this forum. And so, this is why I addressed my complaint to the FBI.
Thus, if this forum continues to offers a means to transmit that information against my wishes, it is aiding in the breach of that law which is in place to protect my private details from being sought by means of a commercial website if I have not granted permission for that to be done, which I haven't. This by the way, is watertight, since the website the information was obtained from is also in the US and also covered by that law, which means I too am covered by that law when I make a complaint. You see? Isn't all this FBI stuff exciting?
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
I've contacted Cryptic, let them know the situation, and it is up to them, but if I was a betting man, I know which of those two options my money would be on. I've no axe to grind with Cryptic by the way, anhd that is because I'm fairly sure that they will not want to drop themselves in it when they unwittingly transgress a law by virtue of the actions of others.
Sorry to disappoint you guys if you thought I was going to wander into my local police station and start crying to them, rather than take an approach which would get a proper result, but if you're going to have a pop at me, then you should have checked who you were messing with beforehand. As Kirk would say, I don't believe in the no win situation.
Al
I understand tricky legal situations and this isn't one of them. You're trying to apply an anti-SPAM law to people finding old pictures that you yourself have put on line. I know you fancy yourself a clever internet lawyer, but you're not, and I'm a real lawyer. And I am telling you that you are wrong and you'll continue to be wrong no matter how many words you type trying to tell those of us who deal with these things day in and day out that we don't understand these "tricky" concepts.
Actually, I think a lot of people have missed the point here, which is a tricky legal one. So here it is in relatively easy to follow terms...
It is a breach of personal privacy covered by that Act when has someone stalked for information with the express intent of publishing it maliciously via third party commercial internet source (the important point here is 'commercial'). For the purposes of the act, 'maliciously' includes the means to obtain an email address or other personal details that can lead to that information, if it is done so without the person's express permission to do so at that source. This is the thing which makes it a criminal act. It is true that this happens fairly often and people rarely act upon it because they are often unaware it actually is something the law protects them from, and ordinarily people are not seeking to post information of that nature on forums with any malicious intent, but that does not alter the fact that it is a breach of that particular law, and anyone has a right to pursue such action given that this is the case. With me so far? Good.
Now, because that information can still be retrieved via the clues to my identity which have been published against my will on this forum thread, this makes Cryptic, who own this website, complicit in the act by virtue of the fact that it is a commercial site, albeit unwittingly. However, since I registered a complaint about this state of affairs to them a few days ago, and the information is still on this thread, they are still breaching that law in hosting information which can provide personal details about me against that person's wishes (this is the bit the law covers), and continue to do so every time one of these people repeats that comment, further incriminating themselves in the process. You will doubtless recall I mentioned that there were some clever people involved, but I also pointed out that they would attract their fair share of not very clever people too, which is a case in point in that instance.
So, not only are the people who sought and publicised that information in breach of the Act designed to protect an individual's privacy because they placed it on a commercial site, but unless Cryptic address the issue, they are also complicit unless they distance themselves from the action, or even more likely, choose to point out who is responsible.
Now, since Cryptic are in California, which the last time I checked, had not fallen into the sea, and is therefore part of the United States. Therefore, Cryptic is under the jurisdiction of matters the FBI can pursue, if their actions, or actions which they make possible contravene the aforementioned law, which means Cryptic risk being embroiled in my complaint if they don't do that, since I chose the option to remain anonymous when registering on this forum. And so, this is why I addressed my complaint to the FBI.
Thus, if this forum continues to offers a means to transmit that information against my wishes, it is aiding in the breach of that law which is in place to protect my private details from being sought by means of a commercial website if I have not granted permission for that to be done, which I haven't. This by the way, is watertight, since the website the information was obtained from is also in the US and also covered by that law, which means I too am covered by that law when I make a complaint. You see? Isn't all this FBI stuff exciting?
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
I've contacted Cryptic, let them know the situation, and it is up to them, but if I was a betting man, I know which of those two options my money would be on. I've no axe to grind with Cryptic by the way, and that is because I'm fairly sure that they will not want to drop themselves in it when they unwittingly transgress a law by virtue of the actions of others.
Sorry to disappoint you guys if you thought I was going to wander into my local police station and start crying to them, rather than take an approach which would get a proper result, but if you're going to have a pop at me, then you should have checked who you were messing with beforehand. As Kirk might say, I don't believe in the no win situation.
Hi, it's actually c) a moderator locks this thread and the FBI agent (is that the term?) who receives your complaint laughs at it and nothing else ever happens.
Are you like a Boston Legal lawyer so everything is witty and you hit on Murphy Brown all day or what, I've been thinking of getting into the business if this grocery store thing doesn't work out.
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Actually, I think a lot of people have missed the point here, which is a tricky legal one. So here it is in relatively easy to follow terms...
It is a breach of personal privacy covered by that Act when has someone stalked for information with the express intent of publishing it maliciously via third party commercial internet source (the important point here is 'commercial'). For the purposes of the act, 'maliciously' includes the means to obtain an email address or other personal details that can lead to that information, if it is done so without the person's express permission to do so at that source. This is the thing which makes it a criminal act. It is true that this happens fairly often and people rarely act upon it because they are often unaware it actually is something the law protects them from, and ordinarily people are not seeking to post information of that nature on forums with any malicious intent, but that does not alter the fact that it is a breach of that particular law, and anyone has a right to pursue such action given that this is the case. With me so far? Good.
Now, because that information can still be retrieved via the clues to my identity which have been published against my will on this forum thread, this makes Cryptic, who own this website, complicit in the act by virtue of the fact that it is a commercial site, albeit unwittingly. However, since I registered a complaint about this state of affairs to them a few days ago, and the information is still on this thread, they are still breaching that law in hosting information which can provide personal details about me against that person's wishes (this is the bit the law covers), and continue to do so every time one of these people repeats that comment, further incriminating themselves in the process. You will doubtless recall I mentioned that there were some clever people involved, but I also pointed out that they would attract their fair share of not very clever people too, which is a case in point in that instance.
So, not only are the people who sought and publicised that information in breach of the Act designed to protect an individual's privacy because they placed it on a commercial site, but unless Cryptic address the issue, they are also complicit unless they distance themselves from the action, or even more likely, choose to point out who is responsible.
Now, since Cryptic are in California, which the last time I checked, had not fallen into the sea, and is therefore part of the United States. Therefore, Cryptic is under the jurisdiction of matters the FBI can pursue, if their actions, or actions which they make possible contravene the aforementioned law, which means Cryptic risk being embroiled in my complaint if they don't do that, since I chose the option to remain anonymous when registering on this forum. And so, this is why I addressed my complaint to the FBI.
Thus, if this forum continues to offers a means to transmit that information against my wishes, it is aiding in the breach of that law which is in place to protect my private details from being sought by means of a commercial website if I have not granted permission for that to be done, which I haven't. This by the way, is watertight, since the website the information was obtained from is also in the US and also covered by that law, which means I too am covered by that law when I make a complaint. You see? Isn't all this FBI stuff exciting?
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
I've contacted Cryptic, let them know the situation, and it is up to them, but if I was a betting man, I know which of those two options my money would be on. I've no axe to grind with Cryptic by the way, and that is because I'm fairly sure that they will not want to drop themselves in it when they unwittingly transgress a law by virtue of the actions of others.
Sorry to disappoint you guys if you thought I was going to wander into my local police station and start crying to them, rather than take an approach which would get a proper result, but if you're going to have a pop at me, then you should have checked who you were messing with beforehand. As Kirk might say, I don't believe in the no win situation.
Al
Your forums account is tied to your game account. There is no anonymity. Plus you posted a picture of yourself as your avatar, thus begging for attention.
Which you're getting plenty of.
Sadly, it's just the kind of attention where even the people who are literally enraged about the whole Death Bridge thing are also pointing at you and laughing.
We are all pointing at you and laughing. No one here is on your side, and the EFF BEE EYE will laugh really hard when your form finally comes across a human being's desk in about 6 months to a year.
You've made this the best week ever for the internet, thank you.
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Al
It could be worse. I could be wasting my time filing FBI complaints because people are posting pictures of myself I put up on the internet.
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Al
It would be alot more fun then whining about being persecuted by mean forum members! The internet is so rough!
Apparently we're not the only ones who need things simplified around here.
1. ME LAWYER
2. YOU NOT
3. ME RIGHT
4. YOU WRONG
-Jake Freedom
Wow I am impressed,
I wish my Barrister had used such a convincing and direct presentation to the judge.
I had one that insisted on looking at my facts and legal position before spending time presenting our position to the Judge...
(who by the way makes the decision who is right and who is wrong) ...I learned that from my Barrister, feel free to use that information if it can benefit your legal career in any way :rolleyes:
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Al
Hahah, aw man. You're the guy that got so butthurt about said video game that you called the FBI, and you seem to seriously believe they're going to care enough to do something about it.
Think about that. Think about the thought processes in your life that brought you to the conclusion of "yes, this is appropriate."
Wow I am impressed,
I wish my Barrister had used such a convincing and direct presentation to the judge.
I had one that insisted on looking at my facts and legal position before spending time presenting our position to the Judge...
(who by the way makes the decision who is right and who is wrong) ...I learned that from my Barrister, feel free to use that information if it can benefit your legal career in any way :rolleyes:
Arguing with someone on an internet message board is exactly the same as presenting cases in court.
Do you seriously expect me to spend time writing a brief on why CAN-SPAM is inapplicable in this case to someone so clearly delusional that he's making a report to the FBI because he's being made fun of on the internet?
Also in America judges don't just decide someone is wrong and throw them in jail. Hope this helps.
That video was too f'n much! The audio just did it for me!!!
To the griefed. If you weren't having a good time, sorry guys. But next time you can certainly log out / in, or at the very least change instances.
To the concerned citizens. Lighten up. It's a game. It really is. We don't need to bring in "not in the spirit of Star Trek.." or "would make Rodenberry roll over in his grave..." or "they should be banned for life!!!" It's just peoples punk'n other peoples in video game land. You don't like it, go take a coffee break, get a smoke, read a book, watch Tv, get laid, whatever suits you. No one died and no animals were harmed in the making of this video.
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Al
The FBI is pretty busy, man. You should probably just call 911.
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AGENT MOULDY
Holy TRIBBLE I better wipe my HD
Hi Chock,
I'm a duly licensed and practicing criminal defense attorney. Just wanted to tell you that they haven't really violated 15 U.S.C. 7701 in any way shape or form, that they don't really have anything to fear, and that your report will likely be passed around the office and laughed at before being tacked to the office bulletin board.
Have a nice day.
I think you gotta be a SA member and to join SA you have to pay and yeah... paying to post on a forum ftl
Well yeah, we need to pay for upkeep. Just like STO -- if Cryptic would only implement some sort of guild tithing system, Starfleet Dental wouldn't have to charge its $5/month subscription fees.
Which is weird as I have yet to see another guild forum that charges its members to post there lol
Sure it exists, jus never seen it
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA.
Oh man you're such a pathetic trekkie. Nothing is going to happen to Starfleet Dental. Perhaps you should go back to reading your Kirk/Spock slash fiction and masturbating over images of William Shatner's beautiful chest.
It is a breach of personal privacy covered by that Act when has someone stalked for information with the express intent of publishing it maliciously via third party commercial internet source (the important point here is 'commercial'). For the purposes of the act, 'maliciously' includes the means to obtain an email address or other personal details that can lead to that information, if it is done so without the person's express permission to do so at that source. This is the thing which makes it a criminal act. It is true that this happens fairly often and people rarely act upon it because they are often unaware it actually is something the law protects them from, and ordinarily people are not seeking to post information of that nature on forums with any malicious intent, but that does not alter the fact that it is a breach of that particular law, and anyone has a right to pursue such action given that this is the case. With me so far? Good.
Now, because that information can still be retrieved via the clues to my identity which have been published against my will on this forum thread, this makes Cryptic, who own this website, complicit in the act by virtue of the fact that it is a commercial site, albeit unwittingly. However, since I registered a complaint about this state of affairs to them a few days ago, and the information is still on this thread, they are still breaching that law in hosting information which can provide personal details about me against that person's wishes (this is the bit the law covers), and continue to do so every time one of these people repeats that comment, further incriminating themselves in the process. You will doubtless recall I mentioned that there were some clever people involved, but I also pointed out that they would attract their fair share of not very clever people too, which is a case in point in that instance.
So, not only are the people who sought and publicised that information in breach of the Act designed to protect an individual's privacy because they placed it on a commercial site, but unless Cryptic address the issue, they are also complicit unless they distance themselves from the action, or even more likely, choose to point out who is responsible.
Now, since Cryptic are in California, which the last time I checked, had not fallen into the sea, and is therefore part of the United States. Therefore, Cryptic is under the jurisdiction of matters the FBI can pursue, if their actions, or actions which they make possible contravene the aforementioned law, which means Cryptic risk being embroiled in my complaint if they don't do that, since I chose the option to remain anonymous when registering on this forum. And so, this is why I addressed my complaint to the FBI.
Thus, if this forum continues to offers a means to transmit that information against my wishes, it is aiding in the breach of that law which is in place to protect my private details from being sought by means of a commercial website if I have not granted permission for that to be done, which I haven't. This by the way, is watertight, since the website the information was obtained from is also in the US and also covered by that law, which means I too am covered by that law when I make a complaint. You see? Isn't all this FBI stuff exciting?
So, given that this is the case, which do you think is more likely: Cryptic ignore it and let the FBI go for an investigation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the people who maliciously sought that information, and take what comes, risking a one million Dollar fine, five year jail terms and the confiscation of their forum server? Or alternatively, Cryptic ditch the perpetrators, thus exonerating themselves of any complicity in the act?
I've contacted Cryptic, let them know the situation, and it is up to them, but if I was a betting man, I know which of those two options my money would be on. I've no axe to grind with Cryptic by the way, and that is because I'm fairly sure that they will not want to drop themselves in it when they unwittingly transgress a law by virtue of the actions of others.
Sorry to disappoint you guys if you thought I was going to wander into my local police station and start crying to them, rather than take an approach which would get a proper result, but if you're going to have a pop at me, then you should have checked who you were messing with beforehand. As Kirk might say, I don't believe in the no win situation.
Al
Hi, it's actually c) a moderator locks this thread and the FBI agent (is that the term?) who receives your complaint laughs at it and nothing else ever happens.
Al
I understand tricky legal situations and this isn't one of them. You're trying to apply an anti-SPAM law to people finding old pictures that you yourself have put on line. I know you fancy yourself a clever internet lawyer, but you're not, and I'm a real lawyer. And I am telling you that you are wrong and you'll continue to be wrong no matter how many words you type trying to tell those of us who deal with these things day in and day out that we don't understand these "tricky" concepts.
SR
This
This is how you spend your time
Al
You hope.
Al
Apparently we're not the only ones who need things simplified around here.
1. ME LAWYER
2. YOU NOT
3. ME RIGHT
4. YOU WRONG
-Jake Freedom
Chock - Attention ***** with a persecution complex.
Jake Freedom!
~ Foulwin
Well, it could be worse, I could have been one of those people who, say, deliberately make life hard for people who want to play an online game as a desperate substitute for not having any real friends. Imagine how sad that would be.
Al
Your forums account is tied to your game account. There is no anonymity. Plus you posted a picture of yourself as your avatar, thus begging for attention.
Which you're getting plenty of.
Sadly, it's just the kind of attention where even the people who are literally enraged about the whole Death Bridge thing are also pointing at you and laughing.
We are all pointing at you and laughing. No one here is on your side, and the EFF BEE EYE will laugh really hard when your form finally comes across a human being's desk in about 6 months to a year.
You've made this the best week ever for the internet, thank you.
Al
It could be worse. I could be wasting my time filing FBI complaints because people are posting pictures of myself I put up on the internet.
It would be alot more fun then whining about being persecuted by mean forum members! The internet is so rough!
Jake Freedom!
~ Foulwin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbk2GIp9M9I
Wow I am impressed,
I wish my Barrister had used such a convincing and direct presentation to the judge.
I had one that insisted on looking at my facts and legal position before spending time presenting our position to the Judge...
(who by the way makes the decision who is right and who is wrong) ...I learned that from my Barrister, feel free to use that information if it can benefit your legal career in any way :rolleyes:
Hahah, aw man. You're the guy that got so butthurt about said video game that you called the FBI, and you seem to seriously believe they're going to care enough to do something about it.
Think about that. Think about the thought processes in your life that brought you to the conclusion of "yes, this is appropriate."
You are a broken individual.
Arguing with someone on an internet message board is exactly the same as presenting cases in court.
Do you seriously expect me to spend time writing a brief on why CAN-SPAM is inapplicable in this case to someone so clearly delusional that he's making a report to the FBI because he's being made fun of on the internet?
Also in America judges don't just decide someone is wrong and throw them in jail. Hope this helps.
-Jake Freedom
To the griefed. If you weren't having a good time, sorry guys. But next time you can certainly log out / in, or at the very least change instances.
To the concerned citizens. Lighten up. It's a game. It really is. We don't need to bring in "not in the spirit of Star Trek.." or "would make Rodenberry roll over in his grave..." or "they should be banned for life!!!" It's just peoples punk'n other peoples in video game land. You don't like it, go take a coffee break, get a smoke, read a book, watch Tv, get laid, whatever suits you. No one died and no animals were harmed in the making of this video.
Starfleet Dental. That video was funny as ****.
-MG-:cool:
chock regardless of whether or not you are an amazing troll or just a delusional freak with no understanding of the legal process i love you
chock, chock, chock, chock, chock
you make everything so right
The FBI is pretty busy, man. You should probably just call 911.