I was recently on a hacking/underground site, and I noticed a disclaimer at the bottom reading:

"Government, RIAA, ANTI-Virus, ANTI-Piracy, ANTI-Hacking & Related Groups: You have no permission to be here. By entering, you are therefore trespassing, which means you CANNOT threaten our ISP(s), person(s) or company(s) storing these file(s) or using this server and cannot prosecute. Please leave this server now as you are violating our Terms Of Use & Service and will be taken to court."

Is this actual protection, or is it just kidiotism?

I was at a cockfight outside of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, a few years back, right when they were talking about banning it and were raiding tons of fights for drug use/possession and illegal gambling run by the house. Before the fight, an old guy stood up and asked if there were any federal marshals, DEA, ATF, Parish Sheriff, municipal police, etc. (he went down the whole list), asked them to stand up and leave. He also asked if there was anyone there who opposed cockfighting and told them to leave because it was heritage. Bottom line, I don't think it has any legal weight (definitely not if they have a warrant), but it is something that takes very little time, effort or resources to do (like putting that disclaimer on that website), and it can't hurt, so why not?

hello pablo, do you have the 50 grand?

here is the 10KG's of coke you ordered, by the way are you a cop?

under section 12 article 15 I must inform you that I am with the DEA, because you asked.

BAM BAM BAM




See how it works?

This doesn't work because the Server isn't a location, its a something on the internet and "the internet" isn't a solid location. Where the server is housed however is a location and if lawenforcement or whatever that holds autority over the location where the server is housed decides to pis all over them, its game over.

You might as well let all them naggers know that they aren't wanted on your site neither.

No that statement has no legal weight.

You can't deny somebody permission to view something publicly accessible.

Its like your house, you can punt someone off your land but they can look at your house from the footpath.