Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-08-01 Thread John Young
Black Unicorn wrote: If I were a duly appointed law enforcement official I could arrest you for the kind of shoes you were wearing. You'll have recourse eventually, but it will be after a 24 hour (or so) stay in the pokey and posting bail and hiring an attorney, and Yes, yes, and the claim

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-31 Thread Petro
At 10:29 AM -0700 7/30/01, Black Unicorn wrote: - Original Message - At 7:20 AM -0500 7/26/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: You are confusing civilians and LEOs. Only civilians are held to the personal knowledge standard. Leos are held to profoundly

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-30 Thread Petro
At 7:20 AM -0500 7/26/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: a great majority of an LEO's education time is spent instructing them on how to determine [decide] what is and is not constitutionally protected {speech, action}. If they did not use this ability, they

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-30 Thread Black Unicorn
- Original Message - From: Petro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime At 7:20 AM -0500 7/26/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Petro wrote

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-26 Thread jamesd
-- Yes, it does work in the world of building reputations associated with (anonymous or claimed-not-anonymous) keys, but not when you need meatspace credit --give the meat named Prof Joe tenure credit for work X. James A. Donald: It is common for real world authors to publish

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-26 Thread Benson Schliesser
We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you have a problem with the laws, it's not the LEAs fault, it's the legislature and the Executive branch. And the Jewish population of Europe during WW2 had no

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-26 Thread Petro
At 7:39 AM -0500 7/24/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the risk of going Choatien and stepping far beyond any degrees I may have, the position that each and every LEO in this country *should* (as opposed to does) decide for himself whether a law fits his understanding of the constitution

Re: CDR: Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-26 Thread measl
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: Wrong headed or not, LEOs are manufactured out of human beings, and because of this, the spend a considerable amount of time in the Maggot Academy (tm) being taught the fine points of this very issue. In fact, No, they don't. Spoke with an officer

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-25 Thread measl
At the risk of going Choatien and stepping far beyond any degrees I may have, the position that each and every LEO in this country *should* (as opposed to does) decide for himself whether a law fits his understanding of the constitution before enforcing it is not only unworkable,

Re: CDR: Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-25 Thread measl
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Bill Stewart wrote: I'm not sure which of the s are Petro, Schliesser, Measl, or others, These are not me (Measl), nor Schilesser, so that only leaves Petro :-) Thank you Bill, for a much clearer statement of what I was *trying* to impart. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-24 Thread Petro
At 5:08 PM -0500 7/23/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Petro burbled upon us thusly: Another point you bring up is that a LEO should not enforce laws that clearly violate the constitution. A LEO cannot do that *and still be a LEO*. He can refuse by resigning, but

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-24 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 11:28:41PM -0700, Petro wrote: Will Ashcroft prove to be any different? I don't know. Don't underestimate institutional bureaucracy or the FBI's independence. A LEO cannot do that *and still be a LEO*. He can refuse by resigning, but if he simply takes the

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-24 Thread measl
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Petro burbled upon us thusly: Another point you bring up is that a LEO should not enforce laws that clearly violate the constitution. A LEO cannot do that *and still be a LEO*. He can refuse by resigning, but if he simply takes the position that he will

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-23 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, John Young wrote: Why bust Dmitry and not the head of ElcomSoft if the primary crime is commercial gain? That he is claimed to be the copyright holder is thin stuff, for that does not support his being the main commercial beneficiary (unless the FBI has evidence that was

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-23 Thread Petro
At 9:21 PM -0500 7/22/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: At 12:32 PM -0500 7/21/01, Benson Schliesser wrote: We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you have a problem with the

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-23 Thread David Honig
At 04:44 PM 7/22/01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it does work in the world of building reputations associated with (anonymous or claimed-not-anonymous) keys, but not when you need meatspace credit --give the meat named Prof Joe tenure credit for work X. It is common for real world

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-22 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:55:12PM -0700, John Young wrote: Why bust Dmitry and not the head of ElcomSoft if the primary crime is commercial gain? That he is claimed to be the copyright holder is thin stuff, for that does not support his

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-22 Thread Matthew Gaylor
At 12:19 PM -0400 7/21/01, Declan McCullagh wrote: This was not a hotly-debated law, folks. Anyone who thinks there's a difference between the two major parties on this issue -- and I'm not saying Matt does, of course -- should get over it. -Declan That is correct. There is little difference.

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-22 Thread measl
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: At 12:32 PM -0500 7/21/01, Benson Schliesser wrote: We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you have a problem with the laws, it's not the LEAs fault, it's the legislature

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Petro
At 10:18 PM -0400 7/20/01, Matthew Gaylor wrote: Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth Finkelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime Remember what I told you: If you think Clinton was dismal, you're going to find out what

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Petro wrote: Gee, imagine that, the Attorney General wanting to enforce crimes. What *is* this world coming to? We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:18:25PM -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote: Remember what I told you: If you think Clinton was dismal, you're going to find out what dismal *is*, during a Bush administration. This is too simplistic. [And Matt's reply is: They're both dismal.] This is better.

Re: Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Benson Schliesser
We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you have a problem with the laws, it's not the LEAs fault, it's the legislature and the Executive branch. And the Jewish population of Europe during WW2 had no right to

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:55:12PM -0700, John Young wrote: Why bust Dmitry and not the head of ElcomSoft if the primary crime is commercial gain? That he is claimed to be the copyright holder is thin stuff, for that does not support his being the main commercial beneficiary (unless the

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread John Young
Declan: The problem with this analysis is that he does not have to be the main commercial beneficiary for the charges to stick. But, to repeat, why the worker and not his bosses? Is this a way for Adobe/FBI/DoJ to signal the interest of its own bosses? And why are the protests limited to Adobe

RE: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread Sandy Sandfort
John Young wrote: But, to repeat, why the worker and not his bosses? Is this a way for Adobe/FBI/DoJ to signal the interest of its own bosses? Maybe, but the reason to go after the underling is simple: He's far less likely to have the personal resources to do much about it. Cowardly?

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread measl
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, David Honig wrote: All this argues for anonymously coded projects, etc. But that means you can't get credit for novel research. This is one of the ways that the DCMA is counter to historically unimpeded research innovation ---Its not rational for profs sans tenure

Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

2001-07-21 Thread David Honig
At 08:46 PM 7/21/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, David Honig wrote: All this argues for anonymously coded projects, etc. But that means you can't get credit for novel research. This is one of the ways that the DCMA is counter to historically unimpeded research