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echo: barktopus
to: Don Hills
from: Gene McAloon
date: 2004-03-23 22:37:02
subject: Re: Good thing I`m not a Yank....

From: Gene McAloon 

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:28:43 +1200, dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills) wrote:

>In article ,
>Gene McAloon  wrote:
>>About time they started going after the geeks, who seem to suppose they are
>>above it all and can't or shouldn't be liable.
>>
>>"Oh no, I am not a member of the Mafia. Well, yes, I did put
some security
stuff
>>on their computers and yes I knew who they were, but I am a computer techie,
so
>>you can't arrest me for complicity. We just do computers and what is then
done
>>with the computer is not our affair even if we know what is going to be done
>>with the computer."
>
>Right. Then they can start with the media conglomerates such as Sony, who
>will happily sell you a CD or DVD burner while knowing exactly what it will
>likely be used for.

Right on. They obviuos are part of the problem. But they are also big
business. What applies to others doesn't necessarily apply to them.

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