Writing something and calling it a TOS does not automatically make "violating" it illegal. Say, you can make yourself a t-shirt saying "Photographing me is prohibited", yet people still have a right to take pictures of you in public places. Regardless of what your t-shirt says. In offline world people have a legal right to use your data (your own likeness in this example) even if you object, and there are very good reasons why they have this right. I don't see why it should be any different online.
PM is not abusing CL. PM is publishing facts about what is being posted to CL. This should qualify as protected speech and fair use. If the current law does not say so it is wrong and should be fixed.
Writing something and calling it a TOS does not automatically make "violating" it illegal. Say, you can make yourself a t-shirt saying "Photographing me is prohibited", yet people still have a right to take pictures of you in public places. Regardless of what your t-shirt says. In offline world people have a legal right to use your data (your own likeness in this example) even if you object, and there are very good reasons why they have this right. I don't see why it should be any different online.
PM is not abusing CL. PM is publishing facts about what is being posted to CL. This should qualify as protected speech and fair use. If the current law does not say so it is wrong and should be fixed.