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Siobhan Taylor
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05-08-2006 15:45
It's not so much a case of breaking the TOS. He bypassed a weak security model in order to aquire services he was not entitled to. Now, I'm no lawyer, but that sounds like a breach of the DMCA to me.
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Ricky Zamboni
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05-08-2006 15:51
It's not so much a case of breaking the TOS. He bypassed a weak security model in order to aquire services he was not entitled to. Now, I'm no lawyer, but that sounds like a breach of the DMCA to me. Doesn't that only apply to copyright infringement? i.e. the "C" in DMCA? Otherwise he'd need to be charged criminally for violating some computer crime statute or other. |
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Cheyenne Marquez
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05-08-2006 15:54
The TOS is not untouchable legally; the real question is whether the case is worth pursuing. The TOS is a binding contract between you and LL. As such, it is virtually untouchable legally. Certainly, U.S law being what it is, anyone can bring suit in any matter, and in so doing, one can argue the wording of any contract with a play on words. But the merits and worth of the contract are certainly binding, and all things remaining equal, legally untouchable. |
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Ricky Zamboni
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05-08-2006 15:56
The TOS is a binding contract between you and LL. As such, it is virtually untouchable legally. Certainly one can argue the wording of that contract with a play on words, but the merits and worth of the contract are certainly binding, and all things remaining equal, legally untouchable. Not true. Contracts are ruled to have unenforceable clauses all the time. Simply because something is a "legal document" doesn't make it unassailable. |
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Almarea Lumiere
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05-08-2006 16:04
As such, it is virtually untouchable legally. |
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Cheyenne Marquez
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05-08-2006 16:07
Contracts are ruled to have unenforceable clauses all the time. These are the exception, not the rule. I was speaking about the norm as they apply to honestly drawn contracts (which I presume the TOS is), and how the courts view these as legally binding contracts. Not the "perception of evil" inherent in some contracts, which I've no doubt are plentiful. |
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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05-08-2006 16:08
Ha, an injury lawyer from the Philadelphia area. There are more attorneys per capita in the Philadelphia area than anywhere else on earth. No wonder some of them are so desperate. This one doesn't have a prayed. He hacked a URL. If anything, LL should be going after him for hacking systems (albeit, a weak system).
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Cheyenne Marquez
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05-08-2006 16:10
How do you know this? An honest and clearly written contract with no evil underlying motive (which I presume the TOS is) is a legally binding document and any court is bound to uphold it, is it not? Or am I missing something here lol |
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Travis Lambert
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05-08-2006 16:23
Doesn't that only apply to copyright infringement? i.e. the "C" in DMCA? Otherwise he'd need to be charged criminally for violating some computer crime statute or other. I seem to remember a case a few years back where some students "Hacked" into a college enrollment system to find out whether they had been accepted to university yet. I wish I could find the link to it. They "hacked" the system by changing the URL so they could look up a specific name (theirs) on the acceptance page. If I remember right, not only were these students expelled from the university for "hacking", but criminal charges were filed. Frankly, I'm surprised Linden Labs hasn't filed criminal charges against Marc Bragg for "hacking" into their system. Edit: Here's a blog link to it _____________________
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05-08-2006 16:26
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Khamon Fate
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05-08-2006 16:30
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Jennyfur Peregrine
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05-08-2006 16:36
I can't wait to see this one get laughed out of the courts.
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Ananda Sandgrain
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05-08-2006 16:37
I concur. How much is he suing for? "In the thousands." I agree then, the chances are good they would just pay up the protection money rather than risk legal fees many times the amount of the suit. _____________________
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05-08-2006 16:47
I am a psychic. I can predict the next PR NewsWire story.
Woman leaves front door unlocked. Thief rents money to buy a U-Haul to steal from her home. Woman calls police, recovers her belongings. Thief sues for cost of U-Haul. |
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Cross Lament
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05-08-2006 16:52
An honest and clearly written contract with no evil underlying motive (which I presume the TOS is) is a legally binding document and any court is bound to uphold it, is it not? Or am I missing something here lol No part of a contract that violates the law is binding. I could sign a contract with you for me to kill someone on your behalf, but you could not sue me for breach of contract for not upholding my side of the deal if I didn't carry out the killing. _____________________
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Yumi Murakami
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05-08-2006 17:10
No part of a contract that violates the law is binding. I could sign a contract with you for me to kill someone on your behalf, but you could not sue me for breach of contract for not upholding my side of the deal if I didn't carry out the killing. Yes. I suspect he'll either argue that the TOS is an illegal contract (possibly lack of consideration), or he'll argue that by clicking the "buy now" button he entered into an additional contract which supersedes the TOS. I don't think either of those are right myself, btw ![]() |
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05-08-2006 17:20
I am a psychic. I can predict the next PR NewsWire story. Woman leaves front door unlocked. Thief rents money to buy a U-Haul to steal from her home. Woman calls police, recovers her belongings. Thief sues for cost of U-Haul. Hah, nice one. ![]() _____________________
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Cheyenne Marquez
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05-08-2006 18:20
No part of a contract that violates the law is binding. I could sign a contract with you for me to kill someone on your behalf, but you could not sue me for breach of contract for not upholding my side of the deal if I didn't carry out the killing. Who said anything about contracts that violate law? What about this post didn't you understand? An honest and clearly written contract with no evil underlying motive (which I presume the TOS is) is a legally binding document and any court is bound to uphold it, is it not? Or am I missing something here lol If you're going to directly quote someone and then offer a point in disagreement, the least you can do is read the post you quoted. |
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Dyne Talamasca
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05-08-2006 18:28
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Dyne Talamasca
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05-08-2006 18:29
What about this post didn't you understand? The part where you assume that an honest, clear contract with no evil motive is automatically also a legal one? _____________________
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Obic Malaprop
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05-08-2006 18:40
Well...
let's make some assuptions: lets say you are about to buy a whole bunch of land in Sl, you want to be a land baron, you buy a few thousand dollars of linden.. you start investigating austioned sims... you somehow stumble on a bug that's lets yo buy sims really cheap... you know it's wrong but figure, meh worse that'll happen is LL will make me pay full price which you were gonna do anyways next day you can't log in and LL won't respond to you... ...now what happend to the several thousand dollars of Linden you bought? I'm not defending him, and I'm not sayiong that's what happened, but it does raise questions... Could LL ban Ansche and take over all her land and linden on a whim because it says they can in the TOS? _____________________
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Siggy Romulus
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05-08-2006 18:43
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Cheyenne Marquez
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05-08-2006 18:47
The part where you assume that an honest, clear contract with no evil motive is automatically also a legal one? I assumed nothing. The only one making any assumptions here is you by assuming I said anything regarding any honest and clearly written contract with no evil motive being "automatically" legal. I suggest you read that post yet one more time. |
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Merlyn Bailly
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05-08-2006 18:52
What he did was look at the auction ID and put it at the end of the regular auction URL, so he got access to the auction before it was actually started by LL. It was not on the main auction page because a linden had not set it up yet, so it was 0.00 min price. So he HACKED the auction page, and now has the brass b*lls to claim that HIS FRAUDULENT HACK was a valid sale? ROFLMAO!!! _____________________
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Dale Glass
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05-08-2006 18:57
I'm not defending him, and I'm not sayiong that's what happened, but it does raise questions... Could LL ban Ansche and take over all her land and linden on a whim because it says they can in the TOS? Sure they could. They in fact did ban her for a while due to lack of payment. About this specific issue: This IMO is something like coming to an auction house, finding the required papers to acquire land ownership lying in an unsecured cabinet, and using that to get yourself a plot. I bet you'd be banned for life for something like that from the place, and I doubt it'd work in court either. |