Of course, I'm fully aware of the fact that I'm almost completely unaware of how most of the legal stuff works. But seriously, RTB went down because the service Ephi used stopped supporting servers which got DDoS'd (correct me if I am wrong here), which was an unfortunate event for every person who played blockland.
My thinking is that once these delinquents actually get a kick from the boot of the law, and even if it's getting banned from using a computer for however long, or a short community service sentence (again, I'm not entirely sure about this end of stuff), that it might actually send the message that they can and will get in trouble with this type of behaviour. That and hopefully it will scare off the kids who have this kind of idea, that it's ok to pillage on the internet because "it's only the internet"
Obviously there are costs and the sort involved with an action like this; I don't know anything about this end, so think of this as just a small little idea with many potential flaws.
little rant/opinion below; you don't have to read it if you don't want to. Most of it probably doesn't make sense because I'm tired.
I mean, by the time we're all Badspots age, the internet will most likely be a place in which crime will not be tolerated, much like in real life. This is because the internet is becoming part of real life. By the time I'm 40 I'm pretty sure everybody in the world* is likely to have used a computer at some point in life, with almost no computer illiteracy in a modern population. Like really, this time 5 years ago you didn't have any sort of computer or internet access unless you had a specific use for it; now you can buy computers and laptops specifically designed for browsing the web. That's ridiculous in my opinion. But although these advances in technology are great, politics and governments will want to catch up. Our governments are compromised mainly of people who are 40+ years of age, and when we're that age there are going to be politicians and governments who want to keep a watchful eye on what we are doing. (Hell, it's already happening, just not on the same scale I'd predict it to be)
*people who are not in a third world country
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