Not a crime if it is your web site, or you were hired by the web site owner to monitor it for them.
====================================== Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1 and all databases. ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 Suggested corporate Anti-virus policy: http://www.dshield.org/antivirus.pdf ====================================== If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Auto Pinging Script? | Doug White wrote: | >To ping networks you have no relationship with on a repeated basis, no | >matter the interval, is definitely a crime here in Texas, as of | >September 1, 2003 | | I don't think so as that definition ignores the concept of intent, but neither of our opinions mean anything. I have a call in to Mary Vincent, the Coordinator for Consumer Protection at the Texas AG's office. I've been slowly walking up the ladder there for awhile now and they're looking this up for me. | | Your scenario would make it a crime for me to monitor the content of a web page, determine whether it has changed and send a notice if a change has occurred. Again, a reasonable and ethical activity widely performed. | | | | -- | ------------------------------------------- | Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com | ------------------------------------------- | | -- | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138335 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 ColdFusion MX 6.1, now 2.5 times faster. http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/upgrade/jump/introducing.html?trackingid=ColdFusion_468x60g_HouseofFusion_carat_082803