I'm sure if the defendant had comparable legal counsel, the ruling would have been different.
Unlikely. You do not have an automatic right to content just because you can access it. If a website operator says that you, AsymetricCom, are no longer welcome to visit their website, that is their right as owners of that business property. Changing your username or IP address may allow you to circumvent their ban, in the same way that wearing a disguise may make it possible for you to enter a shopping mall that you've been banned from, but you're still in breach of the owner's lawful order to stay off their property.
As I've said before, just because it's easy doesn't mean you have the right to do it. Put yourself in the position of the injured website operator; do you want the right to ban people from your website if they persistently abuse it? O course you do, same as any business reserves the right to refuse admission/service to troublemakers.
You've completely missed my point and feel that reiterating the same point over and over will somehow change my mind. If you can't be bothered to read or address the points I proposed, then why did you even bother submitting a response?
Unlikely. You do not have an automatic right to content just because you can access it. If a website operator says that you, AsymetricCom, are no longer welcome to visit their website, that is their right as owners of that business property. Changing your username or IP address may allow you to circumvent their ban, in the same way that wearing a disguise may make it possible for you to enter a shopping mall that you've been banned from, but you're still in breach of the owner's lawful order to stay off their property.
As I've said before, just because it's easy doesn't mean you have the right to do it. Put yourself in the position of the injured website operator; do you want the right to ban people from your website if they persistently abuse it? O course you do, same as any business reserves the right to refuse admission/service to troublemakers.