Cybercrime LE: a future of privatization, vigilantism & corporate rule?

[Aimee Farr]

"Just as settlers in the old west couldn't necessarily always rely upon the
local sheriff to provide good crime control, it may be in fact the case that
Internet users may have to rely upon private parties, and third party
concerns, for preventing crime, and enforcing certain criminal norms."
<snip>

"And in fact, these sorts of folks, whether its the software vendor, the
hardware vendor, the Internet Service Provider, or the phone company, can in
fact sometimes be in the best position to monitor the activities of their
clients online, ...." [jump link for context]

	- March 16 Federalist Society Address by Michael O'Neill
http://www.techlawjournal.com/security/20010316.asp


Private protection rackets, rights management, and corporate enforcers
abound for control and investigation functions....but self-defensive
aggressive acts and vigilantism theories are often viewed askance. Any
thoughts on how cybercrime and cybermaleficence will be addressed in the
future? Support your argument with reason, selected quotes, prose or bardic
lyre.

	~Aimee

	Then a lawyer said, "But what of our Laws, master?"
		-- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, On Laws
		http://www.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibran13.html