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Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #147
post #141

I am absolutely not a lawyer, but I wouldn't do something like this for fear of falling afoul of anti-obscenity laws. For instance, the UK has a cyberflashing law which allots a two year custodial sentence for sending a graphic image (by any means) with intent to cause distress.

Author is not the distributor of the image.

Very debatable.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Went to share the link and it was such a wall of text I deleted it.

Did the same thing. I guess it's fine if he doesn't want anybody to share his website, but in that case ... Why have a website

The secret 3rd option

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #147
post #141

I am absolutely not a lawyer, but I wouldn't do something like this for fear of falling afoul of anti-obscenity laws. For instance, the UK has a cyberflashing law which allots a two year custodial sentence for sending a graphic image (by any means) with intent to cause distress.

Author is not the distributor of the image.

I want to see this argument play out in court.

He's the one specifically replacing one thing with another under some circumstance. Not the person embedding it or the one hosting the image.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

#154
post #141

I am absolutely not a lawyer, but I wouldn't do something like this for fear of falling afoul of anti-obscenity laws. For instance, the UK has a cyberflashing law which allots a two year custodial sentence for sending a graphic image (by any means) with intent to cause distress.

OTOH, people accessing the game through iframes may be in breach of the computer misuse act for unauthorised access to content.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Author is not the distributor of the image.

I want to see this argument play out in court. He's the one specifically replacing one thing with another under some circumstance. Not the person embedding it or the one hosting the image.

Yep, I think the wording might be "caused to be delivered".

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #19

I would argue showing nonconsentual explicit imagery is worse than iframing someomes app. Just show a non nsfw troll meme or block it outright.

The parasitic website is displaying the image. No iframe, no image.

Both legally and morally, intent matters far more than these technical details.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #19

I would argue showing nonconsentual explicit imagery is worse than iframing someomes app. Just show a non nsfw troll meme or block it outright.

How would you argue that, exactly?

Imagine you were distributing my work without permission and in retaliation I emailed you gross-out sexually explicit imagery. That would both be a crime and be unethical by current standards.

OP is not emailing people, but it is the same thing: revenge using explicit imagery. Except not only might the people behind the sites see the image but their visitors which probably include minors will too.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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post #95

I don't know why I checked but uhh yup. It's working. There are at least 6 sites on the first page of Google results that now render goatse. Thankfully, the first link is the original one for me.

Doesn't work in Firefox.

It does. (NSFW evidently) hxxps://thepasswordgame.io/sqword
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