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Posted by Brody on October 5, 2007, 12:55 am
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> BACKTALK ONLINE
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> ANNOYING THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT SINCE 1995
> AND PROUD OF IT
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> 5th OCTOBER 2007
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> Published from Goulborn, NSW, Australia
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> *-First file sharing trial shows flaw in American computer crime law
> *-Bush vetoes child health care bill
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> FIRST FILE SHARING TRIAL SHOWS FLAW IN AMERICAN COMPUTER CRIME LAW
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> DULUTH, Minnesota (ACRN) - As the first full trial over illegal file
> sharing begins in America, it also shows the one flaw in American
> computer crime law, and why America is actually more risky than you
> might think, to run a server.
> As the file opens, the question will be how responsible can you be
> held, if someone finds an open relay on your computer, and starts
> using it. You see, unlike in Canada, England, and several other
> countries, using someone's misconfigured proxy server or open wireless
> access point is NOT illegal under federal computer crime laws.
> Unlike in Canada, and England, U.S. federal law, and the laws of 45
> states (there are 49 states in the Union), you CANNOT prosecute
> someone if they find an open proxy/relay on your machine and post it
> to the THOUSANDS of lists of such proxies. Unless there is something
> like a password or other authentication/security system that says
> "keep out", that relay is considered PUBLIC under Federal law, and the
> laws of 45 states, and you CANNOT prosecute someone who finds your
> relay and starts using it, and it will be YOU who gets prosecuted for
> something they do, and NOT the other person. Because such open relays
> are considered PUBLIC under the law (because they are not protected by
> any password of authentication system), anyone who posts or uses any
> such relays they find on your machine CANNOT BE PROSECUTED. Had this
> been in Canada or England, anyone who did hijack the computer of
> Jammie Thomas could be traced and prosecuted, because of the stricter
> laws, but the computer crime laws of the U.S. Federal computer crime
> act, and the laws of every state (except Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
> and Michigan) do not allow such prosecutions, unless someone broke a
> password to get in.
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> BUSH VETOES CHILD HEALTH CARE BILL
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> WASHINGTON, DC (ACRN) - In the Christian Rights continuing war on the
> left, President Bush vetoed a bill, which would have extended health
> care to more children in America..
LOL 25 year old children making $87,000 a year denied free health care.
> The bill, vetoed by Bush, fell 15 votes short of the margin needed to
> override in the House (though an override did get passed in the
> Senate). In the opinion of THIS E-zine and THIS radio station, it is
> part of the extreme Christian Right's war on the poor, and on the
> left, as well. They are against socialised everything. Heck, they
> would even do away with Social Security, if they could get enough of
> their kronies in Congress.
> As our radio station, and E-zine has been saying for over 12 YEARS,
> the hard-line right, especially the Christian Right, is WRONG for
> America and WRONG for the world.
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