Re: 3rd party liability Was RE: This is a must read document

[dgillett]

  Some of the components of my bandwidth are leased; others, such as 
the router's CPU cycles, are not.  At best, I think leasing might 
change Who is considered the victim, not whether there is a crime -- 
I guess it could depend whether I get billed for the "borrowed" 
bandwidth or not....

David Gillett



On 12 Jun 2001, at 14:20, Michael T. Babcock wrote:

> > about port-scanning/network probing, which could be interpreted 
> > (reversing the analogy) as saying that if someone "borrows" your car, 
> > and puts it back before you want to use it, then *they* have 
> > committed no crime....
> 
> Your car is yours*.
> Your bandwidth is leased.
> 
> * if its not, the law changes.
> -- 
> Michael T. Babcock
> CTO, FibreSpeed
> 
> 


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