Re: Req: info on IP range popup ad software supposedly called "Extreme Marketing"

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 12/29/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 17:53:15 GMT

In article <3E0EDB45.B3626A2F@yahoo.com>, alt.test wrote:
>Steve M -remove despam before rr for reply- wrote:
>> I Am Not A Lawyer, so this is a guess, but: almost every jurisdiction
>> has laws against unauthorized access (hacking) to computers that are
>> not yours. This might mean that even if a user has not secured his
>> system, this does not give your relative or anybody else permission to
>> send instructions to the machine via popups. Theft is not legal just
>> because the door is unlocked.
>> So your relative might, just might, get in legal trouble.
>
>The thing that pisses me off is: if you or I did such a thing, we could be
> charged for it.
>If a company does it, it's considered acceptable.

Rubbish. The company may be charged, just the same as an individual, if it
commits a crime. You have simply to find the company, and find the crime, and
persuade the local law enforcement agents to prosecute (or file a private
prosecution or suit yourself, if the law allows for that).

Alun.
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