And if you don't think you should be worried about StrikeThrough2007...

[wolfwings]

...think of it this way.

If they claim listing any illegal act in your interest field can be grounds for your journal being suspended without recourse, what if you list 'gay marriage' or 'smoking pot' or 'concealed firearms' as an interest?

Technically, your journal could be nuked without warning based on the boilerplate legalese LJAbuse is serving out, hot and fresh.

Comments

[ssurgul.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm very concerned here, for a variety of reasons. Most notably, what is illegal? I mean, by their definition. Is it a global level of illegal? Is it a rational degree of legality? Is it only the law of the land where the servers are hosted?

I fucking hate narrow minded retards that think they must legislate their own morality in an effort to force others to believe as they do, since their own arguments to that end are so pathetic and feeble that most folks with half a functioning brain can punch several dozen holes in it.

[otana.livejournal.com]

http://news.com.com/Mass+deletion+sparks+LiveJournal+revolt/2100-1025_3-6187619.html?tag=nefd.lede

http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/830650.html

Too tired to add commentary, they speak for themselves. Personally I'm pissed at 6A over LJ. Brad never pulled this kind of shit until the company got sold, now it's someone else making the decisions and the community is being fucked over in the name of making more money.

You're right.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

Brad never let this shit get pulled on his watch. And even lawyers are going 'Huh? The 1996 Telecommunications Act made information service providers immune to prosecution under claims like this, so this sure as hell ain't for legal reasons.'

And pretty much all the lawyers anyone is seeing comment are going, 'Yeah, LJ's an information service provider under the auspices of that Act,' to boot.

But yes, this is more-or-less squarely on 6A's legal-department shoulders, but it's also on LJ's shoulders for not providing any warning they were about to do this, or not making a post about it when they did it. Trying to do it on the sly without any notification until after the fact is where LJ shares a bit of blame, IMHO.

Re: You're right.

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

I've done my part. One of my interests is now "Fuck Six Apart" I'm the first one with it too.

We'll see what they do about that. Keep in mind I paid for a permanent account which was NOT cheap. So if they remove what is supposed to be a PERMANANT account over being pissed at them, I will be taking them to court for false advertising and for my money back plus damages.

[shadowtamercat.livejournal.com]

pretty much agreing with all that has been said here....just wondering if 'world domination' will get me banned? XD

[shabm.livejournal.com]

This also brings up another question -- could you get your account remove for promoting something that's legal in your country but a crime in the petitioner's?

[brianblackberry.livejournal.com]

Still wouldn't be worried, I will just go elsewhere since there are so many journal options available on the web today, don't even have to worry about losing any information, that is what backing up is for (free tools to do so are available for the effort of a 3 second google search). Oh better yet, start my own blog or service, then I cannot be shut down for such activities since I would be the owner.

People are treating this the same as if the government itself shut down one's forum or arrested one for speaking their mind and jailing them, actually violating someone's first amendment rights. Loss of perspective.