Yes, I agree. As usual, I too am 'IANAL'. Marty -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Bellovin [mailto:smb@cs.columbia.edu] Sent: Sun Dec 25 23:52:27 2005 To: Hannigan, Martin Cc: Dave Pooser; NANOG Subject: Re: Compromised machines liable for damage? In message <80632326218FE74899BDD48BB836421A033001@Dul1wnexmb04.vcorp.ad.vrsn.c om>, "Hannigan, Martin" writes:

Dave, RIAA wins almost 100pct vs p2p'ers ir sues. Its an interesting = dichotomy.

"Wins" is too strong a word, since I don't think any have gone to court -- see http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Music-Download-Suit.html as my source. Besides, it's a very different situation. For my take on liability issues -- note that I'm not a lawyer, and note that this is from 1994 -- see http://www.wilyhacker.com/1e/chap12.pdf --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb