New England Patriots Obtain Online Ticket Reseller Names 233
Billosaur writes "The New England Patriots sued on-line ticket re-seller StubHub (a subsidiary of eBay) to obtain the list of names of people who tried to buy or sell Patriots tickets using the service. StubHub lost an appeal in Massachusetts state court last week, and was compelled to hand over the list of 13,000 names. It is currently not clear what the Patriots organization intends to do with the names, but they have intimated that they may revoke the privileges of any season ticket holders on the list. The Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, said the court order to turn over the names infringes on the privacy rights of Patriots fans. At issue is whether using the on-line service allows an end-run around team rules and Massachusetts state law, by allowing ticket holders to charge extreme mark-ups on their tickets." How does this ruling apply to other pieces of transient property?
I would only want to hide my name if (Score:5, Funny)
Ironic? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ironic? (Score:5, Funny)
We need to do like we did for the airlines (Score:5, Funny)
GO CHARGERS! (Score:2, Funny)
*ducks*
Re:Ironic? (Score:2, Funny)
I guess they thought the warrantless wiretapping privileges granted via the USA PATRIOT Act applied to them as the Patriots...
Re:Ironic? (Score:1, Funny)
$300K?! You should be so lucky!! (Score:4, Funny)
When I was young we had to pay $650,000 for 3 walls and a tarp for a roof, and we didn't even have a pro football team...
Oh wait...that's not when I was young. That's right now. Fucking Orange County.
Re:I would only want to hide my name if (Score:3, Funny)
Re:$300K?! You should be so lucky!! (Score:5, Funny)
Or is the county named after a copulating fruit?