Re: Case Security Question

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 09/30/05


Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:45:29 -0400

In article <433c3cde@news.nucleus.com>,
 "Colin B." <cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote:

> Joachim Schipper <jDOTschipper@math.uu.nl> wrote:
>
> (snips)
>
> > Sidestepping the alleged kiddie porn (something *you* assumed, not
> > unreasonably, but which is contradicted in another part of this thread),
> > thieves who break into computers deserve what's coming for them too.
>
> For the record, I can take the blame for being the first to suggest
> kiddy-porn. That's pretty much the only porn that's unequivocably illegal
> throughout the world, and almost the only thing that's likely to get more
> than a few raised eyebrows in the western world. As you say though, the OP
> clearly contracticted this guess.

Perhaps "illegal" referred to the downloading, not the porn itself.
I.e. he was infringing the copyright of the pornographers.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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