🚀 go-pugleaf

This post is satire and silly.
Nothing of this kind could happen.
However, libel law is pretty clear
and that has legs.


"??taylorchuk ??|I" <taylorchuk@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<zMjH8.39357$Ka.3025961@news2.calgary.shaw.ca>...
> NEWS THAT COULD HAPPEN:
> 
> ** POST CONTAINS A SATIRICAL LOOK AT THE NEWS...OR DOES IT? **
> 
> A poster who has asked to remain anonymous has apparently settled out of
> court with a major Internet supplier for an amazing $1.5 million.
> 
> The claims involved are :
> 
> 1. negligence on the part of the Internet provider
> Not providing an adequate level of safety for its customers against users
> online death threats
> Not enforcing their own clearly posted AUP (acceptable usage policies).
> Failing to act upon notification of said death threats and other illicit
> content on the newsgroups which they carried to all customers.
> 
> Lawyers brought out evidence that the ISP was repeatedly told about the
> blatant violations of the AUP and was asked to take action on many
> occaisions but no action was taken.
> 
> In this precedent setting case, the providers did have to admit their
> negligence and failure to act on behalf of its customers.
> 
> The providers always had the ability to remove these controversial local
> groups from their servers but never did so.
> 
> Several posts were brought to the court which involved.
> 
> 1. direct threats of death made on the public newsgroups by customers who
> could easily be identified
> 2. pornographic content involving a boy and mother
> 3. excessivly offensive profanity on the newsgroup
> 
> The ISP has refused further comment but has agreed to the very large out of
> court settlement.
> 
> 
>  *** the above post was a satire. ***