[28816] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The %^&# did it!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Wed May 17 07:36:57 2000
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From: darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000516134324.00bcd900@mail.megacity.org> from "Derek J. Balling" at "May 16, 2000 01:45:00 pm"
To: dredd@megacity.org (Derek J. Balling)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 07:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: jim@reptiles.org (Jim Mercer), ehall@ehsco.com (Eric A. Hall),
nanog@merit.edu
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Thus spake Derek J. Balling
> Yeah, but it still wouldn't surprise me if the law was so poorly-written
> that it ALSO applied to:
>
> Instant Messenger services
> E-Mail services
> E-Mail to Pager Gateways
> E-Mail to Cel Phone Gateways
> Overnight Delivery Package Tracking systems
> Porn Site Credit Card Verification Systems
To suggest that applying to such things makes it a poorly-written law makes
an assumption about their goals.
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