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Linking president to penis may put Pole in prison
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:43:57 -0400
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnL14702855.html WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish computer programmer could face up to three years in jail for linking a Polish word for penis to the presidential Web site. Marek W., 23, created a programme that caused the official home page of Polish President Lech Kaczynski to rank first in the list of results on the Google search engine when "kutas", a vulgar term in Polish, was typed in by an Internet user. The computer programme did something similar to a practice known as "Google bombing" that links the Web sites of politicians and companies to insulting words or phrases. He has been charged with insulting the president and prosecutors said on Friday he could face up to three years in jail if convicted. "This is not a matter of freedom of speech," said Andrzej Holdys, a regional prosecutor in the southern town of Cieszyn, where the programmer lives. "If somebody uses a derogatory word to libel the head of state than it's a clear insult which violates the law." Police said the suspect confessed to writing a programme to test his skills at creating a Google bomb. Police and prosecutors did not give the programmer's full name, as is usual when someone faces charges in Poland. He has not been detained. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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