Legal 101 Wrote:
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> newuser890 Wrote:
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> > AlsoOnTheList Wrote:
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> > > I opened an account on the site 3 years ago.
> > While
> > > I corresponded with 3-4 women on the site, I
> > > ultimately did not have the desire to go
> > through
> > > with meeting any of them. I used the account
> > for
> > > about two months, 99% of which was browsing
> and
> > > fantasizing not unlike what many people do
> when
> > > they read Cosmo or People. I paid multiple
> > times
> > > to have the account deleted, all of that 3
> > years
> > > ago.
> > >
> > > 3 years before I tried the site, I had
> > discovered
> > > my wife having an affair. Found out on
> > Christmas
> > > Day actually while the kids were getting
> ready
> > to
> > > open their presents. For the 3 years after
> the
> > > discovery of the affair, I remained
> completely
> > > faithful to my wife, just as I had during the
> > > first 17 years of our marriage, and despite
> the
> > > fact that we had zero physical intimacy
> during
> > the
> > > 3+ years after the affair. One day, I woke up
> > and
> > > realized that it had been 3 years since I had
> > any
> > > physical contact with my wife. I was in my
> > 40's,
> > > had been married since my mid-20's, and I
> just
> > saw
> > > the pleasure of life passing me by. We had 3
> > > school age children whose lives I did not
> wish
> > to
> > > disrupt with a divorce. Nor did I want to get
> > > romantically involved with anyone. I just
> > wanted
> > > to feel my body again.
> > >
> > > So have fun shaming me, Mrs. Snowden, but I
> > think
> > > the shame is really on you, the hackers, and
> > > everyone else who arrogates to themselves the
> > > right to publicly destroy other people for
> > their
> > > private lives about which they know next to
> > > nothing. Pretty sure what you are doing is a
> > > crime, and what I did was not.
> >
> >
> > The posting of this stolen information is most
> > certainly a crime. Nobody here would dare post
> > stolen credit card numbers, for instance. I
> > expect fairfaxundergound will receive a DMCA
> > takedown notice in the near future.
>
> Learn how DMCA works. What is copyrighted that has
> been posted? Anyway, this data is out on the loose
> now, no way to stop that.
>
> Let's start a pool for the first person to be
> fired because of this. Some high ranking
> government official is a likely candidate.
I know how it works, but AM is using DMCA all over the web, and most sites comply just to avoid the problem.
http://gizmodo.com/ashley-madison-is-sending-bogus-dmca-takedown-notices-1725372969