Re: injunction issued against cphack

2000-03-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
At 11:07 3/18/2000 -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote (on whether the TRO applies to non-defendants): >Well, the AP story had a different quote from the attorney, so it may be >reporter perception. It applies to the four (2 ISP, 2 individual) defendants and those acting in concert with them. It se

Re: injunction issued against cphack

2000-03-18 Thread John Ioannidis
I hope I won't be giving anyone any ideas, but can a USA judge order USA ISPs (either explicitely-named ISPs, or all ISPs operating in the USA) to not carry traffic with particular IP addresses? How about congress? How about the President? /ji -- /\ ASCII ribbon | John Ioannidis * Secure S

Re: injunction issued against cphack

2000-03-18 Thread Peter D. Junger
"Steven M. Bellovin" writes: : In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David G. Koontz" writes: : : >I've seen conflicting reports on who the injunction affects. : >Is this a bit of FUD on the part of the attorney, or perhaps : >a misquote? I was also under the impression you had to be named : >in an

Re: injunction issued against cphack

2000-03-18 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David G. Koontz" writes: >I've seen conflicting reports on who the injunction affects. >Is this a bit of FUD on the part of the attorney, or perhaps >a misquote? I was also under the impression you had to be named >in an injunction to be bound by it. Well, the

Re: injunction issued against cphack

2000-03-18 Thread David G. Koontz
"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote: > > The AP reports that a U.S. judge has issued an injunction against the > Canadian and Swedish authors of cphack, the program that unlocks and > displays the blocked site list from CyberPatrol. The order extends to > distribution by others as well, including -- acco

Re: Injunction issued against 'cphack,' disengages porn filter (3/17/2000)

2000-03-18 Thread John Ioannidis
> Pardon me for being dense, but since when can a U.S. Federal Judge > issue orders to foreign nationals in foreign countries? It can probably prevent them from ever entering the country (assuming they care). /ji PS: Isn't British Columbia a county in Washington State? :-) -- /\ ASCII ribbon

Re: Injunction issued against 'cphack,' disengages porn filter(3/17/2000)

2000-03-17 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
Was it Dr. Johnson who, when confronted by a man claiming "I can call spirits from the vasty deeps", replied "So too sir can I, but will they answer when you call?" [Not quite. It's Hotspur's retort to Glendower from King Henry IV, Part 1, Act III, Scene I. The exact phrasing was: GLENDOWER