From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 20:36:00 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Guerilla ISP's...
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960102115836.008c6b40@panix.com>
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At 06:49 PM 1/1/96 -0800, Lucky Green wrote:

>That is called a conspiracy. The consequence is that all machines involved
>will be confiscated and their respective owners jailed.
>
>
>-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com>
>   PGP encrypted mail preferred.

If the processes are operating in encrypted accounts not under the control
of the machine owner it is hard to find the machine owner liable.  In
addition, the Feds can only afford a few prosecutions at $50-$100K each
(Brian, if you're listening what *does* the average Federal prosecution
cost?).  The cost of setting up servers is much lower than the cost of
busting them.

DCF

"RIP -- the Interstate Commerce Commission.  Dead Jan 1 at the age of
120(?).  The first Federal regulatory agency.  One down, thousands to go."