Think about traditional, pre-cyberspace information crimes and torts, however. In general, the amount or number of repetitions of the information, or its ease of access, has nothing to do with guilt and everything to do with punishment. A libel, or a copyright violation, is a legal wrong whether it is done once or repeated a million times. Only years in prison, or dollars of damages, will change based on the number of repetitions. It is a firm principle of law that if something is legal, you can do it all day long, as many times as you want to, and it does not become illegal as a result.
Lets be very wary of double standards, which make bad law.
As an attorney, I wrote my first software contract in 1981, and was involved with the law of online services by 1984. It rapidly became apparent to us then that most of the unique facts that sprang up around bulletin board systems required no new law to resolve. The truly interesting issues, system operator liability for misdeeds committed by others on the system, themselves could all be resolved by reference to pre-computer precedents. It depends whether he creates a friendly environment for the behavior, or does his best to prevent it when called to his attention. These standards solve any problems pertaining to sysop behavior.