@TheBridge
If I invoke the CCPA, I can request that Derpibooru, which is subject to the CCPA since they undoubtedly have at least 50,000 IPs that have accessed their site from California, delete all of my information.
They won’t want to do this, of course, as them having my personal information is how they ensure I can’t post on the site. However, if they refuse to do so, I can lawyer up and file a lawsuit claiming Derpibooru is refusing to delete my information, which is a right given to me by the state of California. Assuming we got this far into it, a judge can request the extradition of, say, Meow or another Derpi representative, to California to attend the trial. If they are not kept at a police station, which they likely will not since I don’t think any of the Derpi staffers have any criminal record and thus the court won’t suppose they will attempt to run, they will need to pay for a hotel they can stay at until the trial is concluded and they are free to leave the US.
Not to mention they need a lawyer of their own. Unless they want to represent themselves, which, hey, if you can, go for it. It’s gone
historically well for many.
It’s meant to be more of a reminder. California, and a few other states, have robust laws and regulations related to civilian and company relations. A very good example of this is our anti-SLAPP laws, which make it EXTREMELY difficult for a business to sue you as an individual unless they have a damn good reason, by forcing a company to pay for all legal fees in the event their lawsuit is proven to be a SLAPPsuit.
A SLAPPsuit, for those who don’t know, is a lawsuit filed without any true merit that attempts to silence the defendant by incurring large legal fees. The CCPA is an action which forces companies and other organizations, such as Derpibooru who accepts donations to keep a service running that they in turn provide for free to the public, to delete all data pertaining to an individual in California, upon request. Failure to do so can be extremely expensive, depending on the circumstances.
All of this culminates to Meow being the current head of Derpi, who I’m certain does not have the funds to even spend a single day in court, while I do. And since their best defense as to why they need to keep my information for security purposes, they would need to bring up my ban history, which would include my latest ban, which would need substantiation, which their records WOULD NOT back up. They would need to make a poor argument of, “We just don’t like the guy.”
All pretty embarrassing. Meanwhile, I have no problem laying my ban history bare to any court,
because Derpibooru’s own moderation would prove ALL OF IT means nothing to the case, since previous bans are considered solved private matters.
@Officer Hotpants
No, I don’t. Them keeping a permanent ban on me is just their own temper tandrum. I don’t care to post there, at all, and don’t really use anything else related to the site unless out of happenstance. But the big thing here is they provide a public service for free, which means I should have access to the bare minimum which is viewing images. Their best reasoning RIGHT NOW would likely be, “We have reason to believe they will conduct a cyber attack on the site.”
I’ve never said I will. All I’ve said is that I will not frown upon such an action happening, and will applaud those who carry it out.
Even if I was going to, a VPN covers the requirements of getting past a cloud flare IP ban, meaning they’re carrying out all of this security for nothing if we entertain their logic and actions.
@ᏰᎯᎠᎻᎬᎯᏒᎿ
It’s really not that big of a deal. I’d rather you not get involved less you too get hit by the tranny who acts like a total pathetic loser.
@Barhandar
>hard drive ID changer
I didn’t think that was actually a thing. I don’t think I need it, since them collecting THAT information would be overstepping boundaries and would be even more legal issues since they’re not supposed to be collecting that type of information unless they have an extremely good reason.
I don’t think even Twitter collects that, and for obvious reasons.
>Go public with it
I mean, I could, but there’s only a few outlets I could see even caring about it. I could go on Horse News, which hasn’t had a new article in almost a year, and I could go on Twitter, and maybe FA, but really I don’t think it’s going to tarnish their reputation more than it’s already tarnished. Unless, of course, you see something I don’t.