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Harassment by The
FreeSpeechStore It has been recently brought to our attention that Richard Scoville of The FreeSpeechStore is harassing AHBL users and our providers, as well as filing false police reports to cause problems with the people who he disagrees with. FAQ Q: Who is Richard Scoville? A: Richard Scoville is known as the FreeSpeechStore (FSS, Margaret Morice, and other knicknames include FreaSpeachWhore). He runs a site where people can post statements and demand that the accused have to pay to read what he or other people wrote about them. Most of his comments about people are false, and tend to be of a libelous nature (Pay-per-libel, as we call it). In the past, he has been known to spam his libel to the victim, though as of late, he has stopped doing this. He is located in San Antonio, TX. Q: Is there information available online about him? A: Yes, there are quite a few links - here are a few: - Harassment by Margaret Morice / Richard M Scoville - RipOffReport: Freespeechstore.com - interocitor.net: Response to freespeechstore.com - FreaSpeachK00k Mini-FAQ Q: How many providers has he been kicked off of? A: The current running-count is 3-5, however it depends on how you look at it. Prismnet/VNDX, ESpire, Grandecom, and now he is on RoadRunner business. He's also switched registrar over to VNDX again. Q: What should we do if we are contacted/harassed by Richard Scoville? A: If you are contacted or harassed by Richard Scoville, you should first tell him to cease any and all contact with you. If he refuses, and continues to contact you, file a police report for harassment. Scoville is also known for filing false police reports against people he doesn't like (he's filed several against the SOSDG and AHBL so far). You should also consider speaking with a lawyer and finding out what options may be available to you legally (including libel/slander, harassment, extortion if he tried to make you pay to get him to leave you alone, etc) Q: What were the false police reports over? A: As far as we know, they were filed because people are using the tool 'wget' to spider and download his whole site. People only started doing this AFTER he went public calling 'wget' a hacking tool. For legal reasons, anyone who makes threats at us will have their site archived in case the information should ever be needed in the future (and wget fits this need perfectly). We believe he is filing false abuse reports claiming that we are the ones doing it to him, even though they are coming from random IP space worldwide that we have no control over. We also suspect he has taken to forging log files in an attempt to cause issues. Q: Is 'wget' a hacking tool? A: No, and any experienced systems administrator or Linux user will tell you that it is one of the most useful tools that one can have on their machine. Wget is a file downloading tool that can be used to download from FTP or HTTP, and features spidering capibilities. Wget is free software provided by The Free Software Foundation. Q: Is this page a statement of fact? A: No, it is page designed to give people the ability to easily locate information online about Richard Scoville, as well as some information from our own interactions with him. People are encouraged to read all the pages and decide for themselves. Q: Didn't Richard Scoville try to sue you? A: Yes, and his case was dismissed on day two. You can read about the case here. Please consider donating to our legal fund! Q: Does the AHBL have an archive of FSS related documents? A: Yes, they are located here and below is links to some of the more interesting documents (in PDF format): : FreeSpeechStore About Page FreeSpeechStore CEO Speech FreeSpeechStore FAQ |
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