[net-gold] Yes Men Takedown Trades One Hoax For Another
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:48:12 -0500 (EST)
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:22 pm
"George Lessard" <media@xxxxxxx>
themediamentor
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Yes Men Takedown Trades One Hoax For Another
<http://ow.ly/VdU5>
and
<http://ow.ly/VdU5>
[excerpts]
Last month, the Canadian delegation
at the Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen found itself targeted by
the Yes Men in a widely publicized
hoax. The well-known activists
satirized the Canadian governments
position on the environment by
launching a pair of phoney websites
that looked official but promoted
different policies.
The hoax attracted considerable
media attention, prompting Prime
Minister's Office spokesman Dimitri
Soudas to label it a childish prank.
Soon after, Canadian officials quietly
set out to shut down the two websites.
What followed creates a cause for
concern, because Environment Canada
appears to have misrepresented the
harms posed by the sites in an effort
to force them offline without a court
order
[...]
While the sites were obviously an
embarrassment, there were several
avenues to address the issue.
Officials could have filed a complaint
with the Canadian Internet Registration
Authority, which manages the dot-ca
domain (both sites used dot-ca addresses).
Alternatively, they could have turned to
the courts for an order to either shut
down the sites or suspend the domain name
registrations. Instead, the phishing
claim effectively substituted one hoax for
another and in the process undermined the
trust in a global system designed to guard
against identity theft.
Michael Geist holds the Canada Research
Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law.
He can reached at
mgeist@xxxxxxxxxx
or online at
<http://www.michaelgeist.ca>
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