No. Civil suits are far too costly. It cost many thousands of dollars to sue Eschoir into leaving.
Here is a place where the State should and could bear the brunt of the cost. We pay taxes; let us use them to identify, prosecute, and jail this individual.
Dear Lazamataz,
Well, if there is a basis for criminal prosecution, and a prosecutor can be persuaded to take the case, I'm all for it! Glad I hadn't eaten any breakfast before looking. Don't think I will now that I did look.
I wonder, though, whether any prosecutor would take the case.
When I built my house four years ago, my builder engaged in criminal fraud that ultimately cost me about $20K. When my lawyer talked to the State's Attorney, he wasn't interested in prosecuting. It wasn't that the law wasn't broken, it was that the State's Attorney felt that there were lots worse builders out there doing lots worse things who needed his attention. So, we got left out in the cold.
In this arena, there are folks who are doing lots worse Internet crimes - phishing, illegal spamming, etc. Although I may have lost my appetite for much of the day, the disruptor's posts did not cause the FR servers to crash, nor did he steal anyone's identity and go off and steal thousands of dollars as a result.
In this case, as jude24 points out, the disruptor may very well raise First Amendment issues. Because the actions of this disruptor do little more than disgust some modest number of folks, and he may make First Amendment claims, I can see prosecutors deciding to avoid this case.
sitetest
I agree absolutely.