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Polly Oxford
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.01 16:45:00 -
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Geil Ding wrote:May I point out that it is not the player itself who is making the mails public but CCP through the API? CCP is acting as an ISP where it relays a message from one player to another.
Sowhen someone gives their email login to someone else the mail provider is breaking the law? |
Polly Oxford
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.01 16:50:00 -
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Geil Ding wrote:Doctor Ungabungas wrote:Geil Ding wrote:May I point out that it is not the player itself who is making the mails public but CCP through the API? CCP is acting as an ISP where it relays a message from one player to another. You may, but you're full of ****. CCP didn't hand over the API keys to the website, a player did. It's no different to handing over the username and password to the website so they can log on and copy the emails themselves. (Which of course is a breach of the EULA but does not break any laws in any country on the planet.) It is, if the information is made public without the concent of the sender. Mind you that in my country it is against the law to open any mail or document (in a private section) which belongs to an employee, even if he is fired.
What does that have top do with anything? Evenif the in-game mails we're your property, this isn't the same thing whatsoever. This would be you publishing a mail a friend sent you. |
Polly Oxford
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.01 17:35:00 -
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okst666 wrote:Doctor Ungabungas wrote:Geil Ding wrote:Also, the receiver of a mail is not entitled to make the mail public without consent of the sender. Ahahaha. Haha. Ha. Right. I'm sorry, I don't care about your wikipedia article because your initial premise is flawed. Ed: Ok, a challenge. Find me any law in any country that makes it illegal for a person to release regular emails (not medical records, or tax records or classified information or anything like that - just regular emails) without the consent of the sender. Not a law but I have found a court decision. http://www.e-recht24.de/news/sonstige/1061.htmlIn Germany you are not allowed to publish private E-Mails without permission of the sender. As said - this is only a court decision I have found after 3 minutes googleing. I bet if one dives deeper you will find a law.. Be it copyright or "Right on your own words" (translates very badly - basically says you are not allowed to record my voice and play it to othes without my permission - seems easy to adapt to emails) Anyway, I like the Idea of eveskunk.
That's not really correct. The law regarding publication of the mail in Germany is highly dependant upon the content of the mail.
Even if you take corp mails as actual mails your employee sends you there is no clear law and you would have to get a judge involved. And even then, the person responsible is the guy who gave out his API key.
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Polly Oxford
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.03 21:16:00 -
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Sephira Galamore wrote:Mario Rin wrote:Consider postal mail, you send a physical letter to someone, you have no control over how they duplicate, divulge, and distribute copies of that letter. Why do you believe that a game communication should be held to different standards than a physical communication? Bad example. Making a private letter public is illegal in some countries, at least in Germany it is. While it is true that you don't have control over it, you can act against it once you are aware of it.
The German law in this case it's highly dependant on the content of the mail. Don't apply laws that you don't understand to this. |
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