Ga Law/No False Identity
nowhere at alpha.c2.org
nowhere at alpha.c2.org
Thu Jun 27 14:42:18 PDT 1996
Mailing from Electronic Frontiers Georgia 6/27/96:
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:Subject: [EFG] GA law criminalizing Spam cancels??
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:Electronic Frontiers Georgia has engaged the law firm of Bondurant, Mixson,
:& Elmore (specifically Scott McClain) to look into a court challenge of
:HB1630 "The Internet Police Law" which goes into effect on July 1st. We see
:this as an unecessary and badly framed law.
:
:This law would appear to make it a Georgia criminal act to remove spam &
:spews from newsgroups. This is law OCGA 16-9-93.1
:
:Some information can be found at
:
: http://ninja.techwood.org/~efg/
:
:under the "Day the sites went out in Georgia" section.
:
:My understanding, and the perception of spammers seems to be that in order
:to cancel a message, you must forge headers to become that person, thereby
:falsely identifying yourself. This seems to be in direct violation of the law
:
: It shall be unlawful for any person, ... to transmit any data
: through a computer network ... if such data uses any individual
: name, ... to falsely identify the person, ...
:
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: -- Robert Costner
: Electronic Frontiers Georgia
: rcostner at intergate.net
Spamming aside, this strikes at my privacy and choice of anonymity.
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