On (05 Apr 97) Kurt Wismer wrote to Gordon Frey...
 -=> Mocking Gordon to Kurt <=-
 KW>   (Mock, mOck, moCk, mocK)
 KW> want to try that again? ever hear of a nifty little word called
 KW> "incitement"?...
 GF> But incitement is not the correct use.  Incitement is more than
 GF> giving the code out it is ACTIVE encouragement, and in this case
 KW> depends on your location... the black baron was charged with (among
 KW> other things) incitement, because he uploaded his viruses to a vx
 KW> bbs...
 GF> is going to be difficult to prove in court, at least in the USA.
 KW> difficult only because there's no precedent yet...
 KW> ... one good mock deserves another...
What I was saying is, the transferance of responsibility.  One 
example:  The manufactoring company of ladders loses a suit over 
a person using their ladder on a manure pile, and falling (a 
dummy) and he won.  A transferance of responsibility.
Another example comes form the US congress as the decency of 
comunition act.  If inforced to the letter of the law, every BBS 
could be fined or closed down... as one four letter word in any 
message would be just cause for a fine or ???? I should add the 
holy smoke echo would just die if that law was enfouced.
But I have a hard time finding a person uploading a disassembled 
virus to a echo like VIRUS_NFO could be charged for incitement!
Gordon
... Flashlight:  A case used for storing dead batteries.
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