Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-27 Thread William Allen Simpson
[Moderator's note: I think this is slipping from relevance... --Perry] Faust wrote: Here's a little story: this week I learned that one of our valuable security doctoral candidates doesn't vote, and doesn't want to learn about or discuss politics and the political implications of what she

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-26 Thread John Young
At 09:54 PM 1/25/2003 +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote: William Allen Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But there is a strong economic rationale. We save untold operational expense, support costs, and legal fees. (The legal cost of complying with that single interstate subpoena cost us an entire

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-26 Thread William Allen Simpson
With all due respect to the commentator and the tremendous amount that he has contributed to the community, I had to go eat a pint of ice cream and cool down, I was so incensed after reading his comments. Here's my attempt at a rational reply: John Young wrote: It will be more expensive to

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-26 Thread Faust
Here's a little story: this week I learned that one of our valuable security doctoral candidates doesn't vote, and doesn't want to learn about or discuss politics and the political implications of what she does. Sounds very sensible to me. Leave the voting to those who care. One of my

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-23 Thread William Allen Simpson
Declan McCullagh wrote: At 06:15 PM 1/21/2003 -0500, William Allen Simpson wrote: He's placed the decision here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/verizon.riaa.decision.012103.pdf All this to learn the identity of a computer at a particular IP address. Presumbly, Verizon will now be smart

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-22 Thread Will A. Rodger
William Allen Simpson says, of the Verizon decision: wrote: All this to learn the identity of a computer at a particular IP address. Presumbly, Verizon will now be smart enough to say: All of our IP addresses are assigned using DHCP, and we have no record of the name of any subscriber associated

RE: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Brown
That would be a wise move. That would continue for about three weeks, and then we'd see a bill out of Congress demanding that ISPs retain identity for, oh, maybe seven years? UK law enforcement is already asking for this for two years, and subscriber details (name, address, payment mechanisms

Re: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-22 Thread tpurdy
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:18:47 -, Ian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be a wise move. That would continue for about three weeks, and then we'd see a bill out of Congress demanding that ISPs retain identity for, oh, maybe seven years? UK law enforcement is already asking for this

Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

2003-01-21 Thread William Allen Simpson
Declan McCullagh recently posted an interesting article on a legal opinion: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981449.html He's placed the decision here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/verizon.riaa.decision.012103.pdf All this to learn the identity of a computer at a particular IP address.