July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Ohio man convicted for "obscene" stories in his private journal
by Declan McCullagh 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[A followup to a cpunx thread, and a link to the statute.] >Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 11:15:01 -0400 >To: politech(a)politechbot.com >From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> >Subject: Ohio man convicted for "obscene" stories in his private journal >Cc: tdoulin(a)dispatch.com > >This is an unusual case. The Ohio law -- a 1970s version of which Politech >member Bruce Taylor successfully defended before a federal appeals court >-- applies not only to dirty pictures, but also to written material: > >http://www.moralityinmedia.org/obsclawlinks.htm#oh >"No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance >involved, shall do any of the following... Create, reproduce, or publish >any obscene material that has a minor as one of its participants or >portrayed observers... Buy, procure, possess, or control any obscene >material, that has a minor as one of its participants..." > >Anyone who possesses such a visual or written description -- including a >diary entry or an erotic story -- is guilty of a felony. That means >Ohioans who have on their hard drive an "obscene" text file from >alt.sex.stories are felons. > >Other coverage: >http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-07-05/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-1172… >http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/07/05/loc_tristate_a_m_report.html > >-Declan > >********* > >From: "Robert V. Zwink" <rzwink(a)microcenter.com> >To: <declan(a)well.com> >Subject: Man's journal ruled obscene >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:24:08 -0400 >Message-ID: <LBEJKGPAOONNNILOJHBMCEBBEBAA.rzwink(a)mail.microcenter.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >This is possibly one for your list. A 22-year old wrote extensively about >his pedophile delusions in a daily personal journal. Law enforcement found >the journal, today he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Seems he should >be in an addiction clinic not a prison. The journal was never published. > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > From The Columbus Dispatch >http://www.dispatch.com/news/news01/july01/755632.html > >Man's journal ruled obscene > >Wednesday, July 4, 2001 > >Tim Doulin >Dispatch Staff Reporter > >Brian Dalton wrote fictitious tales of sexually abusing and torturing >children in his private journal, intending that no one else see them, he >said. > >But when his probation officer found the journal during a routine search of >Dalton's Columbus home, prosecutors charged him with pandering obscenity >involving a minor. > >In Franklin County Common Pleas Court yesterday, the 22-year-old man's >written words cost him 10 years in prison. > >The case worries civil-rights lawyer Benson Wolman, who said it has >free-speech implications. > >"What you're saying is somebody can't, in essence, confess their fantasy >into a personal journal for fear they have socially unacceptable fantasies, >then ultimately they end up getting prosecuted,'' said Wolman, former >director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Ohio. > >"This is the only case that I know of where we are talking about a >journal -- just written words. It surprises and offends me that an action >should be brought based on a journal.'' > >But Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien called the case a "breakthrough'' >in the battle against child pornography. > >[...] > >"This is one of the first felony cases in Franklin County that involves the >written word -- a writing somebody created on their own,'' he said. > >"Even without passing it on to anyone else, he committed a felony.'' > >[...]

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THE INCHOATE LAWYER
by Sandy Sandfort 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

C'punks, Here's an excellent opportunity for our favorite resident buffoon to strut his lawyer-wannabe chops. The next LSAT (Law School Aptitude Test) will be administered on October 6, 2001. Jim, PLEASE take the test. I'd love to see your test score. And, hey, maybe you'll get a high enough score to tempt you to go to law school (unlikely, given your illogical thought processes, but even a blind chicken finds a seed now and then). It's only 96 bucks. Sign up for the test at: https://www5.lsac.org/reggie/cgi-bin/r.exe?To=tintro.htm&from=rint.htm S a n d y _____________________________________________________________ If the law of gravity is fundamental, why can't it be changed by Constitutional amendment since it's the primary authority? W W \*\ /*/ The Road Kill Group |*| |*| /*////|\\\\*\ |\- (|||||||||||||\((x)\ -======-------------||---:> (|||||||||||||/((x)/ \*\\\\|////*/ |/- |*| |*| /*/ \*\ M M verbigeration (vuhr-bij-uh-RAY-shun) noun Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases. [From Latin verbigerare, to talk, chat, from verbum word + gerere, to carry on + -ation.]

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TRAVEL INFORMATION web site
by Kase 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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TRAVEL INFORMATION web site
by Kase 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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judge downes rules
by bill payne 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Instead of remanding, Downes rules. This means that Downes is going with the feds. We need some help guys. Please think some help up. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/8327/ We are working on this. So are they. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/8327/buehlerpayne.html

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found Hi Juniper.doc.com infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: Hi Juniper", was sent from Jan Lundberg and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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Re: problem no. 1
by A. Melon 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Subcommander Bob pontificated: >At 12:20 AM 7/18/01 -0700, A. Melon wrote: >>Problem number one is that the mail from a terrorist group will not be >>labeled as such. I highly doubt you're going to find >>"BinLaden036(a)yahoo.com". That means that using Carnivore as a set >>wiretap >>will be difficult. It may happen that the FBI only knows that >>somewhere on >>a network, there may be a terrorist. >Problem number one is folks like you who accept the state >denigration 'terrorist'without thinking. Subcommander Bob, You might get promoted to full commander if you'd learn to attribute quotes properly. The quote you attributed to me was excerpted from a newsletter written by Joe Burns, Ph.D. If you'd like to relate your wisdom to him, his contact information can be found at: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ . My view is that BS like Burns is proposing precipitates the things he's whining about.

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Your Membership Exchange, #435
by Your Membership Newsletter 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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A proletariat experiment...
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

It looks like the G8 fire extinguisher was of the ~20lb variety. This is the same weight class as the bags of dog food I buy for my dogs. Next time you buy one get a friend to toss 'em back and forth. Then ask yourself, does that mass represent a deadly threat? The reality is that unless they snuck up behind you and hit you in the head a single might break a bone or arm but would not in any way be life threatening. If you've got access to skateboard wrist and elbow pads get a real fire extinguisher and try to block it with your hand. It ain't that hard. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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A Study into the Use of Laser Retroreflectors on a Small Satellite - M.Unwin
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

And these are reasonably low power lasers... http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/IJSSE/issue1/unwin/unwin.html The simple fact is that the thermodynamic impact of a laser beam that is several feet across and emitting more photons than the surface of the sun will not be easy to reflect unless immense cooling is taken. Cost/weight factors alone argue it in the negative. Remember, that laser is hotter than the surface of the sun area for area. You'll need cooling systems comparible to the aircraft carrying the laser (consider the cooling of the main or final steering mirror alone in aircraft weight). Even the finest mirrors will not stand up to that uncooled, and even then not for long. Consider the expansive impact on the cryogenic fuel components. How much are they over-rated? -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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