Comments on: Law enfarcement http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/ Same old blog, brand new place Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:14:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karoli http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/comment-page-1/#comment-24191 Karoli Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:14:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/#comment-24191 What scares ME is that this officer was never alerted directly until he was already under investigation, because some hysterical parent called in an anonymous 'tip' to the newspaper instead of simply going to the principal and the officer and asking about it. The ignorance and fear-mongering astounds me. What scares ME is that this officer was never alerted directly until he was already under investigation, because some hysterical parent called in an anonymous ‘tip’ to the newspaper instead of simply going to the principal and the officer and asking about it.

The ignorance and fear-mongering astounds me.

]]> By: Badger Gravling http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/comment-page-1/#comment-23991 Badger Gravling Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:50:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/#comment-23991 I should have probably explained my point a little better. The laws need to recognise that, for example, a substitute teacher encountering a spyware-infested PC filled with adult pop-ups is not peddling anything to pupils - and that a police officer can't control the links that someone puts on a linked profile. If I link to Google, and someone can then do an image search and find something adult, should that make me liable in any way? What scares me is how many 'elite' cyber crime units seem to either be completely clueless about how the internet works - or forced into appearing that way by their superiors or the current legal framework. I should have probably explained my point a little better. The laws need to recognise that, for example, a substitute teacher encountering a spyware-infested PC filled with adult pop-ups is not peddling anything to pupils – and that a police officer can’t control the links that someone puts on a linked profile.

If I link to Google, and someone can then do an image search and find something adult, should that make me liable in any way?

What scares me is how many ‘elite’ cyber crime units seem to either be completely clueless about how the internet works – or forced into appearing that way by their superiors or the current legal framework.

]]> By: Mike Warot http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/comment-page-1/#comment-23863 Mike Warot Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:32:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/#comment-23863 Changing the law won't protect anyone against stupidity. Google will get you to almost anywhere in the net in a few clicks... they could have been killed early on by a single LDOS (Legal Denial Of Service) attack when they were young. The RIAA contiues to try to use LDOS to prop up their failing business model. Hey... I like my new acronym... ;-) Changing the law won’t protect anyone against stupidity. Google will get you to almost anywhere in the net in a few clicks… they could have been killed early on by a single LDOS (Legal Denial Of Service) attack when they were young.

The RIAA contiues to try to use LDOS to prop up their failing business model.

Hey… I like my new acronym… ;-)

]]> By: Badger Gravling http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/comment-page-1/#comment-23813 Badger Gravling Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:17:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/27/law-enfarcement/#comment-23813 Just how many idiotic prosecutions by people completely ill informed about the internet will there be before laws are changed to protect innocent people? Just how many idiotic prosecutions by people completely ill informed about the internet will there be before laws are changed to protect innocent people?

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