Court rules email NOT coverd by wiretap laws!

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Court rules email NOT coverd by wiretap laws!

Postby Mithrandir » Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:18 pm

Whoa... This is an interesting one. Apparently this guy was reading other people's email, and using that information to undersell his competitors. And the courts said it's NOT ILLEGAL!!! Yet another reason for PGP...

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64043,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
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Postby c-girl » Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:28 pm

... NOT ILLEGAL!? >Oo<; It's illegal to look though people's mail.. But legal to look through e-mail?...
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Postby redkorn » Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:28 pm

but isnt there like privacy laws?
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Postby Lynx » Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:31 pm

that's messed up... how can that be legal??
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Postby Mithrandir » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:25 am

The privacy laws in question are most likely the wiretap laws. Since he was "storing" the email instead of reading it en route, and since it was delivered by a non-goverment entity, it wasn't covered by the US Postal laws. Huh. I still think that's going to get appealed. At least I *hope* it is...
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:15 pm

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