[ale] Kudos to Earthlink (spammer arrested)

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Actually, I am thinking he is simply saying that we all should have the right 
to have software that can be used in unlawful/lawful ways. He is not 
supporting crime, just rejecting software censorship.

Drew

On Wednesday 14 May 2003 05:21 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Cry all you want, this is not an issue of Liberty, but rather of Privacy. 
> Do spammers have the right to use your private personal info in their
> efforts to send SPAM to others.  In this incident it appears the NYC AG has
> determined that identify theft is illegal and intends to prosecute.  Good
> for Earthlink for pushing this, good for NYC for pursuing it.
>
> -Jim P.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: F. Grant Robertson
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:02 PM
> >
> > Yah, Kudos and Goodbye to liberty...
> >
> > "and possessing a software program designed to create the forged e-mails"
> >
> > that's just spurious.. it's been done to death but the "possession of
> > software" (that others don't want you to have) is a bunch of shlock.
> >
> > Code is free speech, plain and simple. If anyone in power has any
> > sort of understanding of the problem, <sigh> I digress.
> >
> > -Crying for liberty,
> > Grant
>
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