Hi there
This is treading on very thin ice in a Free society -- "Abusive" can mean many things to different people.

Is it "Abusive" for example to have a site where people can complain and list actual examples of how say Giant Supermarkets can damage not only the environment but destroy local communities and the local economy (And NO I'm NOT a supermarket hater on the whole --this is just an example).

Should we give the power to corporations to shut down websites because they are persuading customers to choose different products.

This reminds me of back in the late 1960's when people managed to sue large manufacturing companies over "False advertising" because they were saying "Brand-X" was inferior to their product. Some people manufactured a "Genuine Brand X" and then had fun in the Courts.

However the lawyers in suits soon sided with the corporations and these types of tactics were deemed either illegal or to be fraudulent.

Going down the "Abuse" route opens a whole can of worms.

Cheers
jimbo

I fear Government. I have no fear of corporations.

bigcitycat said:

I fear Government. I have no fear of corporations.

Corporations are the Government...

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
This is treading on very thin ice in a Free society -- "Abusive" can mean many things to different people.

Is it "Abusive" for example to have a site where people can complain and list actual examples of how say Giant Supermarkets can damage not only the environment but destroy local communities and the local economy (And NO I'm NOT a supermarket hater on the whole --this is just an example).

Should we give the power to corporations to shut down websites because they are persuading customers to choose different products.

This reminds me of back in the late 1960's when people managed to sue large manufacturing companies over "False advertising" because they were saying "Brand-X" was inferior to their product. Some people manufactured a "Genuine Brand X" and then had fun in the Courts.

However the lawyers in suits soon sided with the corporations and these types of tactics were deemed either illegal or to be fraudulent.

Going down the "Abuse" route opens a whole can of worms.

Cheers
jimbo

Well said...

It's a VERY GOOD thing Verisign isn't able to take down sites on request of anybody. In A Democracy freedom of speech is THE most important thing. If an organisation as Verisign would be able [would be alowed to] takedown sites on request of any governement, this would mean governements can have Verisign to takedown sites that merely disagree with their policy. just like China and Iran lock down sites every now and then as they like.