ox <andre@ox.co.za> wrote:
The above definition DOES include spamming - You say it does not, etc etc etc. etc.
That is a complete misreading of what I wrote. My only comment what was to say that I disagree with your formulation of the definition (of "abuse"). I did not specifically pick out or mention what thing or things I disagreed with. (However since you made an issue of it, now I will. See my P.S. below.) What I did do instead was to formulate, from scratch, my own definition of "internet abuse", then presented it, and the rationale for it, totally without any reference of any kind, either positive or negative, to anybody else's preferred definition. Regards, rfg P.S. If specifically asked however, I would critique your current working definition as follows: "The non sanctioned use of a resource to infringe upon the usage rights of another resource" This does not cover AT ALL cases where fradulent data has been deliberately entered into the WHOIS data base. You attempt to ignore this entire problem area... to just sweep the whole thing under the rug as if it doesn't exist... kinda makes me wonder if you are just shilling for Sasha Luck, who doesn't want to see there be a WHOIS data base AT ALL because, you know, god forbid that anybody or any company should ever actually be held, you know, accountable. No no no! We can't have THAT now can we? So? Are you shilling for the "pro-privacy" and "anti-transparency" lobby, or what? It's not like you could have missed the fact that bogus WHOIS data has been a topic here recently. Further critique: Your "definition" will require five additional definitions of its own before it will even mean a blasted thing, actually, to anybody: Define "sanctioned". (Sanction by whom? Sanctioned by what? The law?) Define "use". (If I send a packet to you, did I just "use" you?) Define "resource". (Do resources include WHOIS records? If not, why not?) Define "infringe". (If I make a copy of your webpage, have I infringed?) Define "rights". (Which rights, in particular? Who or what grants these "rights" you speak of? God? IANA? RIPE? My local city council?) Until you define those additional five things, your definition doesn't even MEAN anything. Not in any real, meaningful, or concrete sense at least. That's why I didn't even think the whole thing was even worth commenting on, quite frankly, i.e. because it seems so tenuous and incomplete. So I just got out a fresh blank sheet of paper and started writing my own version, which I posted, explained, and provided necessary definitions for, so that readers would have a prayer in hell of being able to at least understand what it means.