PCs Posted No Trespass

FreeLinux writes "USA Today has a story about a federal court ruling stating that Spyware can constitute illegal trespass. From the article: 'A federal trial court in Chicago has ruled recently that the ancient legal doctrine of trespass to chattels (meaning trespass to personal property) applies to the interference caused to home computers by spyware. Information technology has advanced at warp speed with the law struggling to keep up, and this is an example of a court needing to use historical legal theories to grapple with new and previously unforeseen contexts in Cyberspace.'"

Comments

Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[millisa]

Had thet dang sahn posted out yahnuh fer years now. I do b'lieve it states clearly ah am hav'n theh ra'ht t' shoot 'em.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[Loc_Dawg]

...it's funny but also true. If people would ARM themselves with knowledge and caution, there would less trespassing to begin with.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[nutshell42]

"My HD is my castle," or
"~/, sweet ~/"

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[Tackhead]

> ...it's funny but also true. If people would ARM themselves with knowledge and caution, there would less trespassing to begin with.

In other words, people break into your box at their own RISC?

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[fred fleenblat]

> ...it's funny but also true. If people would ARM themselves with knowledge and caution, there would less trespassing to begin with.

In other words, people break into your box at their own RISC?

Like we haven't hear that joke 80386 times before...

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[gellenburg]

you don't have to get all MIPS about it.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[Dolda2000]

In other words, people break into your box at their own RISC?

Yeah. If they discover you, Sparcs may fly.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[silvaran]

Come on folks, let's not SPARC a flamewar here.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[plover]

Oh, CISC my ASCII.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

Yeah. Quit VAXing on about processors before the puns get too Crayzy.

Re:Good, I'm gettin' mah gun

[MAdMaxOr]

That joke was a megaflop.

Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step

[Tackhead]

> When prosecuting a case of trespass, the owner must often demarcate their property with signs indicating that it is private property and trespass is not allowed.

$ telnet 127.0.0.1 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'
220 127.0.0.1 ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.37/8.00.8.135
214 Don't even think about attempting to relay spam through here, n00b. Tresspassers will be pwn3d.

Re:YEA

[muszek]

What is spyware? Is it this kind of software that I need Wine to run?

Posted: Private Lan. No hunting. No Phishing.

[millisa]

No SNMP Trapping.
Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step

[myowntrueself]

Now Merry and Pippin, If your caught trapsing around in Farmer Maggots fields he's like to get a little upset. Maybe even overreact

Depending on how annoying the trespassers are I guess.

In the case of Merry and Pip, I thought that the movie was lacking; the scene following their capure by goblins should have gone something like:

Gimli: *silence*
Legolas: *silence*
Aragorn: Shouldn't we like, go and rescue them or something?
Legolas: Have you noticed how quiet it is suddenly?
Gimli: I pity the goblins.

Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step

[kindbud]

If you have a spam relay problem on localhost, I don't think you can blame tresspassers.

Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step

[eric76]

I like

Tresspassers will be experimented upon.

I love technical reporting

[Anonymous Coward]

"Information technology has advanced at warp speed with the law travelling through hyperspace to keep up."