On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:13:24 -0800 (PST) Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net> wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Jack Bates wrote:
enough to scare people into not breaking them. However, history has shown that we instead make it a criminal offense and use that as the way to scare people into doing what is right to begin with.
Since when should breaking an ISP's TOS incur a heavier prison term than a guy who beats his wife?
i've been holding my tongue, but i'm quite frankly concerned that numerous corporate interests (MPAA, RIAA, etc.) are trying hard to get certain things criminalized that are dealt with perfectly well already in civil contract law. an ISP can permit or ban NAT as they see fit, per their TOS. no need for this to be criminal. richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security