On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:
At 06:49 PM 1/1/96 -0800, Lucky Green wrote:
That is called a conspiracy. The consequence is that all machines involved will be confiscated and their respective owners jailed.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.
If the processes are operating in encrypted accounts not under the control of the machine owner it is hard to find the machine owner liable. In addition, the Feds can only afford a few prosecutions at $50-$100K each (Brian, if you're listening what *does* the average Federal prosecution cost?). The cost of setting up servers is much lower than the cost of
I am listening, but don't know the marginal cost of such a prosecution. It is really more a reallocation of already existing resources. For example, we could let the state prosecutors handle a bank robbery or three while we protect the unwary innocent from encryption! EBD BTW our office collects more every year (from fines, foreclosures, bankruptcies, affirmative civil cases, etc. etc.) than our total office budget. We make money -- so why am I unpaid this week! :-)
busting them.
DCF
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