[87564] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Compromised machines liable for damage?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hannigan, Martin)
Mon Dec 26 00:25:17 2005
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:21:39 -0500
From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: "Dave Pooser" <dave.nanog@alfordmedia.com>,
"NANOG" <nanog@merit.edu>
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Yes, I agree. As usual, I too am 'IANAL'.
Marty
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From: Steven M. Bellovin [mailto:smb@cs.columbia.edu]
Sent: Sun Dec 25 23:52:27 2005
To: Hannigan, Martin
Cc: Dave Pooser; NANOG
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>Dave, RIAA wins almost 100pct vs p2p'ers ir sues. Its an interesting =
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-- see http://www.wilyhacker.com/1e/chap12.pdf
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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>Dave, RIAA wins almost 100pct vs p2p'ers ir sues. Its an interesting =
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court -- see <A =
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as my source.<BR>
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liability<BR>
issues -- note that I'm not a lawyer, and note that this is from =
1994<BR>
-- see <A =
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m/1e/chap12.pdf</A><BR>
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