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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 busting them.
And the servers could really be set up anonymously. Pay cash to an ISP for a SLIP or PPP account, get a phone line under a ficticious name, set up a PO box for the (few) bills, find somewhere to set up the machine, and away you go... - -- Ed Carp, N7EKG Ed.Carp@linux.org, ecarp@netcom.com 214/993-3935 voicemail/digital pager 800/558-3408 SkyPager Finger ecarp@netcom.com for PGP 2.5 public key an88744@anon.penet.fi "Past the wounds of childhood, past the fallen dreams and the broken families, through the hurt and the loss and the agony only the night ever hears, is a waiting soul. Patient, permanent, abundant, it opens its infinite heart and asks only one thing of you ... 'Remember who it is you really are.'" -- "Losing Your Mind", Karen Alexander and Rick Boyes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMOl+VCS9AwzY9LDxAQGFfAQArUOg/QPRluQEwJQNxx7VxhwgxrzCO91T WRHvP71Cgb8cpYorWrHTf0xrh+ng7RtLkXaiJJd7RWmx2ggp8Tpv1sBxaAN9sgXm lhHFlD9eHVf/q6ZsmohNTQSh7ZDav4gB2ewHwZDzTwD3stm4Q06tH6p7XUAfmGlK iYT8dN2fHBg= =MwEh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----