Posted by Peter Parsnip on 10/25/05 22:32

Be still! and revere Phillip Kyle, who blessed us with their presence on 25
Oct 2005...

> peterparsnip@gmail.com (Peter Parsnip) verbally sodomised in
> news:djlumc$set$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
>
>> Be still! and revere Phillip Kyle, who blessed us with their presence on
>> 25 Oct 2005...
>>
>>> Ted Capuano <lx3nwn7@kzhg6.com> verbally sodomised in
>>> news:ko0rl1tncp7t19943jqcndm65mj5ib0htb@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:23:52 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Dewsbery"
>>>> <richard@dewsbery.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Yes, it's that special time again. So please do not feed the trolls.
>>>>>Particularly the cross-posting variety.
>>>>
>>>> Are you the Richard Dewsbery who wrote this to the now exposed private
>>>> mailing list "ng_abuse"?
>>>>
>>>> <Quote>
>>>>
>>>> ISPs have to tread warily where posters using their services are
>>>> libelling other people. Although I am not a media lawyer, I would
>>>> cite as authority for the proposition that an ISP can be liable for
>>>> acts of its subscribers the case of Godfrey vs Demon Internet.
>>>> Although the case was ultimately settled out of court by Demon, a
>>>> first instance ruling had held that they could be liable for
>>>> carrying posts authored by a third party if they didn't remove the
>>>> posts when asked from the servers.
>>>>
>>>> The effect of this is to make all ISPs think carefully about whether
>>>> they want bloody nuisances as customers, as each time the nuisance
>>>> posts something insulting the victim can complain, and if the
>>>> message isn't deleted at source, the ISP gets to pay damages. After
>>>> a few complaints from different individuals, the ISP is well advised
>>>> to pull the account rather than risk missing a few deletions and
>>>> getting whacked by a High Court defamation suit.
>>>>
>>>> I gather that some of the current crop of most virulent trolls may
>>>> be real people, with an academic access to the net. Either the
>>>> academic establishment is acting as its own ISP, or it has an
>>>> outside ISP - it matters not, a few cease and desist letters and
>>>> either ought to pull the offenders' net priveleges. Regardless of
>>>> what certain news server admins may think about it (letters
>>>> involving lawyers in suits usually end up on more important desks).
>>>>
>>>> What we need is concrete evidence of how the messages are being
>>>> posted, and by whom and to what servers; some innocent victims who
>>>> have been the subject of defamatory postings; and some sharply-
>>>> worded letters before action to the ISP or establishment through
>>>> which the abuse has been posted. Sledgehammer to crack a nut, but
>>>> it seems that the only other solutions require us to put up with the
>>>> little gits. I'll happily help out with any letters before action -
>>>> with the provisos that I'm not an expert on defamation, nor will I
>>>> be involved in any litigation either as claimant or representative.
>>>>
>>>> </Quote>
>>>
>>> Yes, he's also the kind gentleman who sent me this nice email:
>>>
>>> <Quote>
>>>
>>> From : Richard Dewsbery <richard@dewsbery.freeserve.co.uk>
>>> Sent : Saturday, January 3, 2004 1:07 PM
>>> To : <philkyle2003@hotmail.com>
>>> Subject : Crossposting Twats
>>>
>>>
>>> MIME-Version: 1.0
>>> Received: from dswu232.btconnect.com ([193.113.154.43]) by
>>> mc11-f7.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sat, 3 Jan
>>> 2004 05:09:02 -0800 Received: from xpbox (actually host
>>> 242.116.120.213.in-addr.arpa) by dswu232 with SMTP-CUST (XT-PP); Sat, 3
>>> Jan 2004 13:07:38 +0000 X-Message-Info:
>>> JGTYoYF78jExmRhYTKFgsFwAHHwYGw7B X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
>>> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
>>> Return-Path: richard@dewsbery.freeserve.co.uk
>>> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2004 13:09:03.0051 (UTC)
>>> FILETIME=[C26DC9B0:01C3D1FA]
>>>
>>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Are you the twat that is cross-posting all sorts of garbage to half the
>>> UK newsgroups, or an unwittin g victim of some other twat using your
>>> website address?
>>>
>>> R M Dewsbery
>>>
>>> </Quote>
>>
>> Looks like a clown we should go after :-)
>>
> Indeedy. Let's just say URC for good measure.
>
> Imagine if I was a completely innocent poster with that email address and
> that landed in it. Do you think I'd reply?

I can't help but feel that I would be committing suicide if my name was R M
Dingleberry.

--
1> Peter Parsnip
2> Compliance
3> Further compliance
4> At the limit of compliance
5> Non-compliant. As always.

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