The important item to note here:

He is now forbidden from making any filings, etc. without the assistance and sponsorship of a member of the bar in good standing.

In the past, Jack has engaged in his stunts essentially on his own time and money. If he wants to fight this, he is going to need to convince another member of the bar to help him. It will be interesting to see if anyone will step up to the challenge.

I think the issue is that it has never been 'his own time and money', but instead the Florida taxpayers' money and the justice systems time.

There are plenty of lawyers out there who'll take any case...especially considering the fact that a case with him would mean free exposure

I think this is certainly something worth noting, it's nothing terribly exciting. Thompson could barely get a case heard before a court nor would any Judge take him seriously because his allegations and presentations were just horribly designed, terribly cocky, and from an outside looking glass just not worth any sort of mitigation process.

I'm glad he's out but I doubt the gaming industry will change one bit now that he doesn't have the ability to nag through the veil of the court systems.

I will be satisfied if it just gets him off of CNN after every school shooting.

Also on Ars: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080925-jack-thompson-...

And his response: http://kotaku.com/5054801/thompson-responds-to-disbarment

Heck yes.

That is all.

"About damned time" is all I have to say about this.

Awesome.