Author: KarinsDad
Date: 06:55:01 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 04:11:43, Micheal Cummings wrote: >I refer to a reply post by a moderator about cheating on ICC, He stated that he >had identified a cheater and thus saw fit to name him or his account. > >Now we all know how hard it is to find cheats on ICC and then prove they are. > >But my point is calling this person a cheater is wrong, and could bring legal >action from that person, just let assume that he is not a cheat, and at this >stage we can only ussume that. > >You cannot make a statement on someone on an assumption. > >My point is that this moderator I think has committed a big error that could >bring legal ramifications. > >This has to be fixed now, we cannot have moderators commiting crimes. > >This is not a serious CCC matter, I know if someone called me a cheat, I would >take legal action right away. Where did you come up with this legal nonsense? Yes, a person could sue over just about anything these days, however, the ICC and fics bylaws state that any person can be automatically removed if it is suspected (not determined, but suspected) that they are cheating. When you sign up with the service, you agree to their bylaws (just like by going to a doctor's office, you agree by default to pay for his service, regardless of how bad they may be). The effort would not be worth it. Granted, in this case, an individual would be suing an individual (the poster of the message) as opposed to ICC or fics, however, it wouldn't take much to throw the case out of court (in fact it would probably never get there in the first place). If you are talking about someone suing CCC due to the posting of a message here, that also seems extremely unlikely. Your point that people here on this message board (including, but not limited to moderators) should not be stating the handles of suspected cheaters here may be valid (or may not, it is open to debate). Personally, I agree with you on that. It's not necessary. However, it seems extremely unlikely that any legal action would ever take place (trust me, I've been sucked into 3 such actions and they are never worth it, all they are is misery for everyone involved except the lawyers who get wealthy). FWITW KarinsDad :) PS. If it ever went to a court of law, it really wouldn't be that tough to prove that someone is cheating. Most of the cheaters are WAY weaker in playing ability than the programs that they are using and the games that they played on ICC or fics could be used against them.
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