Re: Meet Kurt Greenbaum, Director of Social Media, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reports commenter to employer.

[dramacrat <yirimyah () gmail com>]

They're ORs, unfortunately. The language is unclear but it seems to be one
of those infernal boilerplate pieces of shit that basically invalidate the
assurances as to privacy.

You could still probably press the suit. "Unauthorised use" has recently
been defined and redefined, it's an evolving piece of law and if you have
the resources to get a jury trial they'll *want* to find in favor of the
plaintiff, which is more important than you might expect.

2009/11/20 mrx <mrx () propergander org uk>

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> Michael Holstein wrote:
> > > What Greenbaum did was against the privacy policy of the site:
> >
> > You seem to be missing the part where the comment was removed (several
> > times) and re-posted.
> >
> >  From : http://www.stltoday.com/help/privacy-policy
> >
> > "..to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our web sites"
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michael Holstein
> > Cleveland State University
>
>
> So what? Ban the IP address. Admittedly a childish comment but the site is
> hardly one that is frequented by children.
> imho Mr K. Greenbaum should be fired and sued.
>
> And Mr Holstein you seem to be using your quote above out of context...
>
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> INAL, however I ask where is the legal process in this matter?
>
>
> regards
> mrx
>
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