- suing isp
- Posted by johnseegar on November 2nd, 2005
Ive just lost a lot of personal files due to a viral attack.I pay good money
to blueyonder to protect me from this kind of threat yet Ive contacted them
and they arent exactly being helpful.Has anyone any experience of taking an
isp to court for damages?And what compensation can be expected.
- Posted by Stickems. on November 2nd, 2005
You have no case. You were negligent. You should have taken backups.
"johnseegar" <johnseegar_99@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Ive just lost a lot of personal files due to a viral attack.I pay good
money
| to blueyonder to protect me from this kind of threat yet Ive contacted
them
| and they arent exactly being helpful.Has anyone any experience of taking
an
| isp to court for damages?And what compensation can be expected.
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- Posted by Scraggy on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
And next you'll sue the Highways Agency because you had a crash on one of
their roads, banged your head because you werenot wearing a seatbelt. That
the sort of scenario you're talking about?
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members. Groucho Marx
- Posted by johnseegar on November 2nd, 2005
No, the negligence is on the part of blueyonder in letting this virus
through.Its their responsibility to protect their users.
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- Posted by gordon on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
I suggest you read their Ts and Cs. You'll find that you are NOT covered
100%. It's still up to you to take "reasonable" precautions which
include running your own AV program and taking regular backups.
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- Posted by johnseegar on November 2nd, 2005
Thats rubbish, the isp is responsible for what comes down my line.Ive never
used an av program as thats their problem.
"gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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- Posted by gordon on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
No that's YOUR problem! And is the ISP responsible for what you may or
may not have loaded onto your machine from a floppy or a CD? NO! My ISP
has virus protection - I STILL USED AN AV PROGRAM myself when using Windows.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE GET AN AV APP!
Anyway you've stuffed yourself so ha ha ha ha!
<Aside> and people wonder why Blueyonder users have this THICK
reputation on the net? Look no further!
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- Posted by Brian H¹© on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
*You* are responsible for what gets on to your system, not your ISP.
If you get a virus on your system it is because you have not taken
enough precautions to protect yourself.
- Posted by johnseegar on November 2nd, 2005
And you are an expert in this I take it?
Can somebody with some experience with this situation respond, I am not
interested in being lectured to.
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- Posted by Sarah on November 2nd, 2005
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- Posted by zeep on November 2nd, 2005
In news:4368acf9$0$18384$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u,
Sarah <a@b.c> opined very noisily:
Or all three !
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- Posted by Brian H¹© on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
And you are an expert on who is an expert?
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Oh, and BTW *PLONK*
- Posted by gordon on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
Go to any expert you like, they will all say "get an AV program and run
it". That's not being lectured to, that is a) COMMON SENSE and b)
accepted WORLD-WIDE security practice.
Now, accept that you have fucked up big time and LEARN from the experience.
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- Posted by joevan on November 2nd, 2005
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:15:41 -0000, "zeep" <zeep@nowhare.zip> wrote:
- Posted by Michael Thompson on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar bashed at the keyboard and came up with this gem of wisdom in
24hoursupport.helpdesk:
Nope, BlueYonder only act as a carrier. You failed to take precautions. YOUR
FAULT.
No ISP in the world can answer for stupidity.
- Posted by Michael Thompson on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar bashed at the keyboard and came up with this gem of wisdom in
24hoursupport.helpdesk:
No they are not. They provide you with what u ask for. If you fail to take
precautions, it is your fault.
YOU ARE STUPID.
- Posted by Michael Thompson on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar bashed at the keyboard and came up with this gem of wisdom in
24hoursupport.helpdesk:
I work for a ISP, and no, you are not going to succed in suing the ISP. YOU
ARE THICK. STUPID. DUMBASS.
ISP's provide Virus cover, normally only as a optional extra. Did you
subscribe to that? No. Stupid. Even if you had, still run your own. The ISP
viral filter only protects against email virus, what about Blaster etc?
YOUR RESPONSABILITY.
- Posted by johnseegar on November 2nd, 2005
If my electricity company sent a surge dowh yhe line and destroyed my
equipment, I would expect compensation.
This is just the same.
"gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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- Posted by Michael Thompson on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar bashed at the keyboard and came up with this gem of wisdom in
24hoursupport.helpdesk:
What planet are you on?
- Posted by gordon on November 2nd, 2005
johnseegar wrote:
And if there was likelihood of that, fit a surge protector. Who would
you sue for a lightening strike, God?
Don't make yourself out to be more stupid than you already have.
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