LJ Prosecution

[hime_chi]

Considering I haven't posted in ages, that probably says something about how seriously I'm taking this matter. Although it probably has nothing to do with my 13 hour drive and lack of sleep from yesterday. :PFirst off, I would like to point out that my views are likely less enraged and condemning because I read LJ's statement before knowing what

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[yira_heerai]

You know, it's not so much the fact that they did it that bothers me- I really do understand what they've done and why they did it. What bothers me is the slight bit of hypocricy behind it.

Specifically, this little part:

Should any Content that you have authored be reported to LiveJournal as being offensive or inappropriate, LiveJournal might call upon you to retract, modify, or protect (by means of private and friends only settings) the Content in question within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the LiveJournal staff. Should you fail to meet such a request from LiveJournal staff, LiveJournal may terminate your account. LiveJournal, however, is under no obligation to restrict or monitor journal Content in any way;

And from what I can tell? There was no warning whatsoever given to these people. Their accounts were just suspended. There was no checking to see if these accounts actually condoned illegal activity, aside from the interests. That, too, I can understand, except that people have been using it as a way of saying "this is what you'll find on here" rather than "this is what I take interest in"

It should have been investigated far more thoroughly than it had been. That's where they've messed up. At least they've admitted it.

[hime_chi]

LiveJournal might call upon you to retract, modify, or protect... the Content in question.

Nowhere does it say that it will contact the person who's journal is in question. Sure, it might be polite to do so, but the law is rarely polite when it wants to ban something.

LiveJournal, however, is under no obligation to restrict or monitor journal Content in any way;

Exactly. It doesn't have to monitor things if it doesn't want to. However, it doesn't say that it won't restrict or monitor journal Content in any way, shape or form.

Like I said in the entry, they handled the suspension very badly, and there should have been a lot more information passed along up the ranks before it happened. I agree that it was a bad way to handle things, but they are still legally in the right to do so, with or without notice to the user.