EFF/Bernstein Press Release
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Thu Apr 18 10:58:29 PDT 1996
Mark Neely writes:
> Well, that puts legislation making virus authoring a crime
> into a new (and difficult) position.
Its not in any worse a position than laws outlawing conspiracy to
commit murder. The crime is not (and must not be!) in writing the
virus, which can be a perfectly innocent act -- the crime is in
writing and taking active steps to use it as a weapon.
>
> Mark
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>
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