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Judge Rejects Guilty Plea From AOL Employee

Posted by timothy on from the I-want-this-judge-in-my-traffic-court dept.

The Hobo writes "Newsday has a story on a New York judge who rejected Jason Smather's guilty plea. Smathers, covered previously on Slashdot, was the AOL employee who stole and sold AOL addresses to spammers. The judge himself apparently cancelled his AOL subscription due to receiving too much spam. While he didn't like what Jason did, he wasn't convinced a crime had been committed under the CAN-SPAM law, which requires that a person be deceived."

3 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. Theft / Invasion of Privacy by Exter-C · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What about invasion of privacy, theft, etc etc the list goes on about how wrong this guy really was/is.

    I dont use AOL and have never used AOL (except when they had free trial when they came to Australia for about a week). But I feel AOLs pain.

  2. Re:Stealing is not a crime? by karnal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Don't you get it? It's "copyright infringement", not theft....

    At least that's what everyone keeps telling me...

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    Karnal
  3. Hey! I want that judge in my next court case .... by grahamkracker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's perfect,

    You clearly do a naughty thing, and the judge hands you your out on a silver planter with instructions.

    HA! :P

    coming soon to a civil law suit near you ... //kraacker

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