Remember griefer extraordinaire Jason Fortuny‘s “The Craigslist Experiment“? I’ve cited it more than once in my online privacy talks (Google Tech talk video). Reader El D just wrote me saying,
Though Sunday’s New York Times dubbed him a spokesperson for internet trolls, Jason Fortuny’s just been sued in federal court.
Fortuny re-published over 180 responses to a fake sex ad on Craigslist in 2006 — but he’s finally been located and issued with a summons. Fortuny responded to the lawsuit and argues he re-published the photo to stand up to the victim’s “bogus” DMCA notice, and that the victim simply gullibly volunteered the information. In a motion to the court Fortuny even argues that he did a public service by highlighting a privacy risk on the internet, whereas “bringing legal action against me may punish me, but it won’t change or even impact online culture.”
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I love that argument:
“bringing legal action against me may punish me, but it won’t change or even impact online culture.”
I’d love to hear that used with a non-cyber crime. “bringing legal action against me may punish me, but it won’t stop armed robbery.” lol.
Hey V – mail me.