Re: viruses being sent to this list

[Todd Burroughs <todd () hostopia com>]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Gadi Evron wrote:

> | However, the mailing list has become, in a growing trend, a means by
> | which people transfer viruses, whether it is their intention or if they
> | got "0wned" is irrelevant, distributing malware is illegal, and should
> | be dealt with by the list owners.
>
> I stand by it being irresponsible, and I do believe it is illegal,
> however, laws in different countries vary, so as I can not cite any
> ruling at the moment, I'd rather take the "illegal" part back until I
> can cite something.

I think that this depends on how you view the list.  I think of it as
simply a distribution mechanism.  We could just as easily use Usenet or
something web based.  I know that I am not responsible for content that
is propagated via my news servers, if I was, they'd be shut down right
away.

If this was a moderated list, I could see the moderator being responsible,
at least to some extent, on the content.

As for the viruses being propagated via the list, I don't think the people
who run the list are responsible, as this is simply a distribution system.
I guess they could run a virus scan on mail going through the list, if that
is what people want.


Todd Burroughs

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