[anti-abuse-wg] DRAFT: RIPE proposal - implementation of an

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:49 +0200, Jørgen Hovland wrote:
> It is of course more timeconsuming, but legal systems 
>(should) give everyone a fair chance. 

Legal systems have failed in this task and will continue
to fail for the reasons described in the article.  It is
magical thinking to believe that legal systems can help.

>Legal systems also pursue the party that is legally doing something 
>wrong, not the ISP or any other third party that shouldn't be bothered 
>in the first place (of course sometimes it is the ISP etc).

The analogy is incorrect.   Airlines are the ones who keep
drunk pilots out of cockpits, not legal systems.  You hold
the entity responsible for its behavior.   To continue to
comparison, an airline could tell one of his pilots he is
to stop flying due to misconduct.  It might separately
be a crime which the state authorities might pursue or not.
But the adverse impact should be prevented as a separate
action