[42089] in Cypherpunks
Re: PA Remailer Concerns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lee Tien)
Mon Oct 23 22:35:54 1995
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:52:52 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: tien@well.sf.ca.us (Lee Tien)
What is the cite for this statute?
Lee
>At 11:47 PM 10/14/95 -0700, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
>>Has anyone examined the legislative history associated with this statute?
>>
>>I would be surprised if they were singling out anonymous remailers. They
>may have had other concerns regarding phone abuse, e.g., long distance fraud.
>>
>>Then again, I could be full of it...
>>
>>
>Doesn't necessarily matter what the legislative history was. When some
>prosecutor trying to make a name for himself hooks onto this language to
>prosecute an anonymous remailer or other perceived miscreant, nobody will
>remember what the intent was. The casebooks are full of perversions of
>original intent.
>Jon Goldberg
Lee Tien
Attorney
tien@well.sf.ca.us
(510) 525-0817 voice
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