Cynic wrote in
news:390834pkag0qahoqjh91u18ni8akoms0s6@4ax.com:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 14:07:24 -0400, Larry wrote:
>
>>I'm writing this response without abiding by either of your terms and
>>conditions.
>>
>>See if you can get the feds to prosecute me, fool. Or if you have a
>>cognizant case for breach of contract.
>
> You have just proved the point that the PP was making.
Hardly. There's no contract here, for one. It takes two, and cyber
contracts require an explicit acceptance.
> Breaking the
> terms of a AUP or TOS *cannot* result in any criminal proceedings
> (unless the action is also against the law of the land), and is
> unlikely to result in civil action either.
And yet, Drew finds that her alleged breaking of the MySpace TOS not only
could result in criminal proceedings, but it *did* result in criminal
proceedings.
> The worst that is normally
> possible is that you are denied the service you paid for.
Ah, but normally teenagers don't kill themselves over someone else's use of
computer resources. |