Posted by ah on 09/21/30 11:30

Phillip Kyle wrote:
> peterparsnip@gmail.com (Peter Parsnip) verbally sodomised in
> news:djmbqc$46j$6@blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
>
>> Be still! and revere Phillip Kyle, who blessed us with their presence on
>> 25 Oct 2005...
>>
>>> peterparsnip@gmail.com (Peter Parsnip) verbally sodomised in
>>> news:djlumc$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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>>>>>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
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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.
>>
>
> I'm sure he got teased at school. I bet he became a hall monitor so he
> could wreak his vengance by being a jobsworth.

'jobsworth' . . . I like that.

We never had anything like that when I was growing up.
--
ah

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