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Hacking By Subpoena

Posted by Hemos on from the not-gonna-do-it dept.

solidox writes "SecurityFocus has an article on how Alwyn Farey-Jones instructed his lawyer to issue a subpoena against ICA to get all their emails. ICA's ISP, NetGate, complied and gave them over 300 emails from ICA employees. When ICA found out about this they sued and the court ruled that this was a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This could be good news for those trying to fight off the RIAA subpoenas to isps to catch file-sharers."

2 of 30 comments (clear)

  1. Damn! by laptop006 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't sue Microsoft for the Windows source code now!

    --
    /* FUCK - The F-word is here so that you can grep for it */
  2. No doubt by phorm · · Score: 2, Funny

    What would be their closing statement using these emails as evidence:
    "Your honor, as you can see the defendent is of questionable moral integrity and dubious legal practice. Of their 300 emails we *ahem* appropriated, 289 of the messages received were in relation to conduct of dubious sexual nature. Obviously, your honor, they are nothing but a bunch of no-good perverts!"