On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 07:06, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:45:27PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > The website is hosted by Verio, Inc. in Colorado, USA, and the mail sent
> > through another US ISP: Cox Communications, Inc in California. Is there
> > anything in US Federal or state law that would support a prosecution for
> > interfering with a computer, or maybe for criminal damage? Or perhaps
> > we could email the spammer with a demand for compensation?
>
> Are you kidding? If you interfere with the operation of a computer system
> you don't have access to in the US, you're officially a terrorist nowadays
That gives a new meaning to "bug terrorism"!
> and the FBI will open a can of whoop-ass on you. Now if they would get
> their hands on the punk responsible for w32.klez for filling my mailbox
> with hundreds of these silly things while I wasn't here. =p
>
> --
> Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@bluecherry.net> We can hope for the future
> But there might not be one
>
> * Turken thinks little kids are absolutely adorable... especialyy when
> they're someone elses.
>
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