The Net is rampant with people who gain false courage that spurs them to take advantage, to hack systems, to send SPAM or to run scams. If you have any doubt visit a newsgroup or chat room and witness what the lack of inhibitions can draw out of the human spirit. There is a boldness to be rude, to attack and be vulgar. Netiquette is a dying thing that has spread its plague to business practices. In some cases a website is a trap for the innocent with credit cards, in other cases a contest is really just speculative work, where all entries become property of said company.
Free speech favors the racists and commerce lulls the greedy.
I know I seem bitter and that is because I am. I now realize that the predictions of rioting and cruelty and war were not false. They are coming to pass in the world within. Hackers, viruses, scamming, spamming and other such cruelties are all about and the solution is to simply take accountability for our actions. As designers, illustrators and artists we should be aware of this slow descent and stand as examples of what fair play is all about.