Re: I love IP Tables....

["jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Tim" <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 20:20 -0700, jdow wrote:
> > Who is going to file the first lawsuit against an owner of a zombied
> > system for sending spam? It should be interesting legal theater. 
>
> Hmm, it could be fun to watch, but I don't think it's unimaginable.
> We've already had RIAA hassling twits who thought it was okay to steal
> music.  I can well imagine other big booted organisations deciding that
> it was time to apply Darwin principles to some plebs on the net.  Who
> knows, eventually there might be "driving computer without due care"
> laws.

Hm, I can see reckless driving as applied to computers. Maybe we're onto
something. But that means the net would grow traffic cops. Is that a good
thing?

{^_-}