Spamhaus.org VS nic.at

wnagele — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:19:50 +0000

It’s amazing, spam seems to make people think that there is no law except the law that we need to do anything against spam? Currently Spamhaus.org put the mailservers of nic.at the austrian domain registry on their DNSBL.

Not, because nic.at is a spammer – no, because they’re doing what austrian law enforces them to do. They don’t delete the domain, just because spamhaus says that it’s the domain of a spammer. In austria there is currently no law that would cover nic.at if they just delete the domain registration of someone without giving him the chance to defend this in a court. And i guess, yes – this is good.

Don’t get me wrong, i hate spam and spamhaus’ intentions are absolutely right, but they’re using repressive procedures and that is evil.

I counsel everybody using spamhaus to stop the support immediately. They’re using the power you give to them to take actions which are not right (in every meaning of the word).

RAM as exhibit?!

wnagele — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:13:06 +0000

A good example of the missing comprehension in technology legal courts have (at least in the U.S. – but i bet it’s the same in Europe), can be found in this judgment by U.S. magistrate judge Jacqueline Chooljian. She really points out that Torrentspy couldn’t attest that it’s impossible to store the content of RAM and therefor provide it as exhibit.

She’s right – it’s not impossible. Though it’s just stupid.

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RAM as exhibit?!