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| Craigslist Prankster Sued, Argues DMCA Abuse                       |
|   from the respond-privately-wink-wink-nudge-nudge dept.           |
|   posted by timothy on Tuesday August 05, @10:41 (Privacy)         |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/05/1351217 |
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[0]destinyland writes “Though Sunday’s New York Times dubbed him a
spokesperson for internet trolls, Jason Fortuny’s [1]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. The victim argues Fortuny violated his privacy, and that the
photo Fortuny re-published was copyrighted. Fortuny argues he
re-published the photo to stand up to the victim’s bogus DMCA notice, and
that the gullible victim had voluntarily provided the photo. In a motion
to the court Fortuny even [2]argues that he helped publicize 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.’”

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/08/05/1351217

Links:
0. http://www.destinyland.org/
1. http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/08/04/craigslist-troll-gets-sued/
2. http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/jason-fortuny-responds-to-lawsuit/