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- From: gaynor@inferno.rutgers.edu (Silver)
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- Subject: Re: [UPI] "FBI probes computer child porn at Cornell"
- Message-ID: <Nov.22.20.51.11.1992.20989@inferno.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 01:51:12 GMT
- References: <1992Nov21.170010.3289@eff.org> <9211211820.AA14627@crocus.cit.cornell.edu> <1992Nov21.184453.4548@eff.org>
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- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- UPI writes:
- > The FBI is investigating whether a Cornell University sophomore has
- > transmitted child pornography over computer bulletin boards, a report said
- > Friday.
- Washington DC! Listen up! Give the FBI more important things to do!
-
- > material involving sexual exploitation of minors
- I'll bet they're payed a hell of a lot more than Ronald McD would pay 'em.
-
- > The name of the student had not been released because he had not yet been
- > charged with any crime.
- Then don't jerk my fucking chain.
-
- > Netnews
- That's "Usenet" or "UseNet", not "Netnews".
-
- > In October, sophomores David Blumenthal and Mark Pilgrim were sentenced to
- > community service for creating a computer virus that wreaked havoc on
- > software as far away as Japan.
- Good. Thanks!
-
- > In 1988, graduate student Robert Morris Jr. was convicted and fined $10,000
- > for launching a computer ``worm,'' which also destroys software but differs
- > from a virus in that it is self-perpetuating.
- THE PERSECUTION OF MORRIS WAS UNJUSTIFIED (and I _hate_ using all-caps for
- emphasis). It was his graduate project in computer risks and security. Given
- the worm's tenacity, the likelihood of its accidental release is high enough to
- believe that its release _was_ accidental. Regardless, it did nothing more
- than propagate itself. Many consider his worm a good thing.
-
- This country (USA) is pissing me off.
-
- Regards, [Ag]
-