Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2776

==============  Criminal Case 2776 (Interest Index = 0)  ===============

    Yally violated Rule 2143, a 1-power Rule, by publishing
    inaccurate information in eir most recent Registrar's report,
    namely that Warrigal was an inactive player.

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Caller:                                 coppro
Barred:                                 Yally

Judge:                                  Murphy
Judgement:                              

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History:

Called by coppro:                       22 Mar 2010 02:18:29 GMT
Assigned to allispaul:                  22 Mar 2010 12:00:02 GMT
allispaul recused:                      08 Apr 2010 13:23:25 GMT
Assigned to Murphy:                     08 Apr 2010 13:26:46 GMT

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Caller's Arguments:

Warrigal came off hold at 2010-03-18T19:49Z in a message addressed to 
the Agora Nomic Backup List, at the address 
nomic@yoyo.its.monash.edu.au. As described in the Accused's own 
Registrar's report, that list is a public forum as it has been for most, 
if not all, of Agora's long history. As a result, the message is valid. 
Rule 478 includes the suggestion that "Each active player should ensure 
e can receive messages via each public forum"; this recommendation 
should be self-evident to any player familiar with the fact that a 
message to any public forum carries equal validity.

The Accused's continued ignorance of Warrigal's registration message 
indicates clearly that e is not subscribed to the Agora Nomic Backup 
List, although the list of subscribers is not public. The list of 
subscribers to the Agora backup list at agora@listserver.tue.nl, 
however, is public, and it does not include aarongoldfein@gmail.com, the 
Accused's email address. It is clear, therefore, that the Accused is 
only subscribed to one half of Agora's public fora.

There are 5 criteria for a GUILTY judgment, per Rule 1504. The first 
three are trivial - the report WAS inaccurate, it WAS within the 
previous 90 days, and there WAS not a previous judgment about this offense.

The fourth criterion is that "the Accused could not have reasonably 
believed that the alleged act did not violate the specified rule". I 
hold that this is indeed the case because it is unreasonable for the 
Accused - an officer of Agora (and the officer responsible for fora) - 
not to be subscribed to a public forum. Anyone subscribed to the forum 
would have received the message and known that the report was 
inaccurate; therefore it is a reasonable expectation that the Accused 
know the inaccuracy of eir report.

The final criterion, that "the Accused could have reasonably avoided 
committing the breach without committing a different breach of equal or 
greater severity", is simple - the Accused needed only to list Warrigal 
as an active player, which is hardly unreasonable.

For these reason, I hold that Yally is GUILTY and that e deserves a 
stronger punishment than the norm, since e violated a self-evident 
recommendation in the rules which is a particularly egregious offense 
for an officer (much less the Registrar) to make.

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