[118918] in Cypherpunks
Re: IP: Net users must prepare for Big Brother (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Sun Oct 10 16:05:54 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:52:45 -0500 (CDT)
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----- Forwarded message from John Young -----
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:00:57 -0400
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: CDR: Re: IP: Net users must prepare for Big Brother
Spiegel Online reported on Friday that the G8 nations are
pushing for a multi-national convention to force ISPs to
"freeze and preserve" data that an investigator suspects is
criminal while a court order is obtained to gain access for
evaluation to see if it is as bad as suspected (crypto-CESA):
----- End of forwarded message from John Young -----
So, what is the legal definition of an ISP? Would somebody who simply
operates a system that one or more persons uses qualify or must the intent
be to obtain funds for access?
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