1995-10-24 - Re: PA Remailer Concerns

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From: tien@well.sf.ca.us (Lee Tien)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-24 01:49:50 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 18:49:50 PDT

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From: tien@well.sf.ca.us (Lee Tien)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 18:49:50 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PA Remailer Concerns
Message-ID: <199510240149.SAA26129@well.com>
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What is the cite for this statute?  

Lee

>At 11:47 PM 10/14/95 -0700, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
>>Has anyone examined the legislative history associated with this statute?
>>
>>I would be surprised if they were singling out anonymous remailers.  They
>may have had other concerns regarding phone abuse, e.g., long distance fraud.  
>>
>>Then again, I could be full of it...
>>
>>
>Doesn't necessarily matter what the legislative history was.  When some
>prosecutor trying to make a name for himself hooks onto this language to
>prosecute an anonymous remailer or other perceived miscreant, nobody will
>remember what the intent was.  The casebooks are full of perversions of
>original intent.
>Jon Goldberg

Lee Tien
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