Another court finds against the wrong person

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Patrick W. Gilmore [patrick () ianai net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:37 PM
To: David Farber
Cc: Patrick W. Gilmore; Lauren Weinstein
Subject: Another court finds against the wrong person

<http://www.circleid.com/posts/811611_david_ritz_court_spam>

A court in North Dakota found David Ritz guilty of violating the North
Dakota Computer Crime Law because he did a zone transfer, and other
commands a normal user would not know.

Mr. Ritz was gathering information for a spam complaint.  The spammer
retaliated by filing with the local prosecutor.  The prosecutor and
judge were ... (sorry, I can't think of a better way to put it)
ignorant enough to let it go forward.  Woe be anyone else who wants to
file a spam complaint in the future.

I would also caution anyone against visiting a web page, sending e-
mail to, or otherwise using a computer to communicate with any person
or device in North Dakota.  Seriously.

Lastly, Mr. Ritz is out of money, and his lawyers were working pro-
bono (at least at the end).  There is a link to his legal defense fund
on the page.  I urge everyone who thinks it is a bad idea to let such
pathetically poor judgements stand to please donate, as I have done.

--
TTFN,
patrick


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