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Originally posted by Djarums
You're all way off here mainly due to you only having a "consumer" mind.
It's the same thing. Corporations spend millions on computers and lowlifes like this guy make THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH to break them.
It is very very sad that some of you think vandalism is justified since it doesn't bother you in particular. Try viewing it from the perspectives of others for a minute. It's not just your hotmail account we're talking about.
Members are discussing alternative punishments that would not only be more fitting for the crime, but would also work to ensure that this kind of crime is hindered in the future.
Yeah, a certain Ami Fisher here in Long Island got 5 years for having shot a woman, in cold blood, which left the victom partially paralyzed.
Originally posted by bookie
what law did he break exactly?
The law targets only the most egregious offenders and can't be applied to an innocent party who happens to send out a large mailing, according to Warner.
Under the law, senders can be prosecuted if they consciously alter an e-mail header or other routing information and attempt to send either 10,000 messages within a 24-hour period or 100,000 in a 30-day period. The sender can also be prosecuted if a specific transmission generates more than $1000 in revenue, or if total transmissions generate $50,000.
The underlying Virginia statute in which the new felony penalties appear has survived previous constitutional challenges in cases brought by both Dulles, Virginia-based America Online and New York-based Verizon Communications, according to the governor's office. Because it focuses on e-mail that passes through Virginia-based Internet service providers, the statue gives state prosecutors and the Virginia attorney general legal jurisdiction over spammers outside the state, said the governor's office.
Marvin Benn, an intellectual property attorney at Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein P.C. in Chicago, said the new Virginia bill strengthens the state's existing antispam provisions; but in doing so, it may have attempted to do too much. Making high-volume spamming a criminal act "presents some real constitutional issues," Benn said.
"I don't really think they can do it," he said of the felony provisions. "It seems to be a violation of the First Amendment."
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Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
.. The sender can also be prosecuted if a specific transmission generates more than $1000 in revenue, or if total transmissions generate $50,000.
www.pcworld.com...
Originally posted by Djarums
You're all way off here mainly due to you only having a "consumer" mind.
It is very very sad that some of you think vandalism is justified since it doesn't bother you in particular. Try viewing it from the perspectives of others for a minute. It's not just your hotmail account we're talking about.
[edit on 4-8-2005 by Djarums]