Comments on: Court: hacking, racketeering laws don’t cover e-personation of principal

By: JohnC

JohnC — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:26:45 +0000

If he wanted to make a serious claim, he should have pursed defamation, IIED, etc. instead of the RICO/hacking crap. I wonder if the NEA had any involvement, as they’ve been advocating on behalf of teachers in like cases (e.g., principals in Colorado, Texas, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, among many others, have all suffered from (usually) MySpace hoaxes). Results (civil and criminal) vary, but are general unfavorable.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:45:11 +0000

He ought to have some sort of criminal recourse against identity theft, even if the penalties are handled in the juvenile system once the offenders are identified as juveniles.
But I realize there is a difference between my personal “ought to have” and current law’s “has.”

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:20:49 +0000

This is an interesting case; do you mean to tell me he has _no_ recourse at all? Or does it just have to be a civil defamation suit?