Re: [ga] Virginia anti-forgery law

[dstein@travel-net.com]

> http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?991+sum+SB881CH
> 
> "SB 881 Computer Crimes Act; electronic mail.
> [Section 18, Code of Virginia]
> ....
> Summary as passed:
> ....
> The bill also ... (ii) makes it the crime of computer trespass to
> (a) falsify or forge e-mail message transmission information in
> connection with unsolicited bulk e-mail ...."


Good try but I doubt that messages sent via a mailing list that people 
subscribe to (even forged ones) would be construed as unsolicited bulk e-mail.

On a more general note, has anyone bothered recently to count the number of 
posts addressing this *evil deed* of forged headers, or the issues of 
censorship, need for moderation, etc. of this list?  I fear that egos are 
taking over where common sense should rule with the result that the cure is far 
worse than the disease right now.

I would be willing to bet that the number of what I consider to be off-topic 
posts far exceeds the ones actually relating to the business at hand. Its been 
so long I frankly can`t even remember what the business at hand is.

And yes there is an implied suggestion in this post...

Dan Steinberg
Synthesis: Law & Technology
+1 613.794.5356
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