Any one been sued by AOL

[flightling]

Has anyone been sued by AOL if so what did you do and did you do good in court?Because i pissed AOL off big time

[Kai]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

All I can say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Not laughing at you, just enjoy seeing AOL get f@#ed!

What the hell did you do?!

Kai

[flightling]

Hehehe

Im not really sure what i did i just made a web site the says screw AOL with some info like passwords and crap on it and they sent an email telling me to stop and i say screw you and they have been sending mail saying they are going to sue.

[Kai]

[converge]

that's gotta be the most bogus thing I've ever heard... not that your saying it, but that AOL would send emails and stuff like that out. They have the power (assuming someone in the corporate knows how) to take your site down without requesting your permission

hell, tripod killed my entire account for farting http://www.0nv.net

[astcell]

Sued by AOL, hahaha geez that is funny, but why did they not just cancel your account, you must be a big fish that they want to make an example of?

[nulltone]

Originally posted by c0nv3r9
that's gotta be the most bogus thing I've ever heard... not that your saying it, but that AOL would send emails and stuff like that out. They have the power (assuming someone in the corporate knows how) to take your site down without requesting your permission
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Depends on if it was hosted on AOL or other webspace...
Also, they are just trying to scare you. Take the content offline, say that you were not aware and someone was using your name. Some bullshit like that, they probably wont even send a response.
Unless you want to try to take it to court, hah hah hah.
I would advise against doing that. Just take it offline, don't respond to e-mails or apologize.
They only have your e-mail address, right?

[Apex]

I've only been sued by Microsoft personally, however I never even saw an email from them warning me.

P.S. I won in court Muahahahahaha

[converge]

huh... interesting. what was the case about? their grounds? your winning turf?

[flightling]

What did you do to Microsoft

[Apex]

Ask me when we get to DC. Probably not a good idea to mention specifics here.

However, I do not recommend anyone misread the legal mumbo jumbo and offer Microsoft Windows tutorials via web download without their permission. Unless of course you have some free time :D

[flightling]

I cant make it to DCX i live in florida and cant get a ride to DC

[skroo]

Re: Hehehe

Originally posted by flightling
Im not really sure what i did i just made a web site the says screw AOL with some info like passwords and crap on it and they sent an email telling me to stop and i say screw you and they have been sending mail saying they are going to sue.

Preface: I am not a lawyer. I am, however, speaking from past experience with similar circumstances.

Anyway, you're basically screwed. Not for stating your opinion (something that, provided it doesn't cross over into slander or libel, is protected speech), but rather for posting 'access devices' - that is, a list of passwords in a publicly-accessible location.

The passwords are AOL's property. You're not supposed to have them. If you obtained them improperly, you're doubly-fucked. If you yourself posted them, you're uber-fucked.

Remove the offending items, and leave anything that can be considered opinon. Also, before you do this, ask for an exact URL to the offending information, as well as a copy of the offending items. Once you have that, sift through and figure out what is and is not protected speech - chances are AOL wants to shut you down completely, but that some of your content does not fall into a prosecutable category and thus can be left up without fear of reprisal.

And if it's on AOL's servers... For God's sake, move it.