On 8/29/12 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:15:04 PM UTC-4, thunder wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:35:07 -0400, Meyer wrote:





What crime was broken?


The'll have fun with this one. Snerk


I don't know about Canadian law, but if slammer was in the US, he could
get 5 years. Besides, it's just flat out obnoxious behavior.

http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?
id=2064&s=latestnews

Maybe not. One provision of that law is that it must be associated with interstate commerce. Email qualifies because it's a business tool, but I wouldn't think usenet does.



The internet itself is considered a form of interstate commerce under
United States Code.


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