[TriLUG] Raleigh Spammer Charged

[Greg Brown]

I guess the larger question is electronic data transfer treated as if 
it were interstate commerce?  If so the feds would have jurisdiction, 
so I guess not.  Eh, it's a question best left to the lawyers.

At the same time I'm glad something is being done.  I have well over 
1000 spams in my inbox over the past four days.  That's too many.  And 
on NPR they talked with "experts" who expect the rate to double in the 
next six months.  Yuk.

Greg

On Friday, Dec 12, 2003, at 11:18 US/Eastern, John Franklin wrote:

>
> On Dec 12, 2003, at 9:24 AM, Michael Thompson wrote:
>
>> I love it!!!  (But up to 20 years in prison??  You can get less time
>> killing someone...)
>
> I am in no way an advocate of spam, but I think there are some serious 
> issues with how spam is being fought, especially in this case.  The 
> concept that you can be charged in a jurisdiction because the data 
> went through a machine there is wrong.  It would be like charging a 
> winery because the truck with their shipment went through a dry > county.
>
> jf
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