On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:47, Terry Collins wrote: > Marek Wawrzyczny wrote: > > It's actually not as bad... there are already international efforts to > > catch these types of people, I believe the relatively recent arrests in > > Australia were part of an international effort of agencies from Europe, > > Interpol, etc... > > No, nothing so wonderful. Sometimes constable plod just has to strike it > lucky and that was the case in the US. They found a list of "credit card > details" of people who had purchasesd from a site, then they just > informed other governments who raided the addresses connected with the > credit cards and found evidence to satisfy local courts.
Perhaps, but I do remember reading that there is an effort to establish a more organized effort in the future... nonetheless... upon a closer inspection, the law proposes penalties for providers who have been aware of such activities and fail to inform law agencies... it does not talk about an active filtering role (unless I missed something?). In such a light, the legislation is actually acceptable. ISP btw are not the only ones, the responsibility extends individuals and body corporates... It raises another interesting issue... if you have a wireless "unsecured" network... you could be potentially liable too... -- Marek Wawrzyczny ------------------------------------- "Terrorism is the war of the poor, and, war is terrorism of the rich." - Peter Ustinov ------------------------------------- - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
