Re: E-Mail Hacking Case Could Redefine Online Privacy

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:55:28 -0400
From:                   "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>

> The issue boils down to the judicial definition of an intercept in the
> electronic age, in which packets of data move from server to server,
> alighting for milliseconds before speeding onward. The ruling applies only
> to the 9th District, which includes California and other Western states, but
> could influence other courts around the country. 
>
> In August 2007, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, in the Central District of
> California, ruled that the alleged hacker, Rob Anderson, had not intercepted the
> e-mails in violation of the 1968 Wiretap Act because they were technically in
> storage, if only for a few instants, instead of in transmission. 

So, in California, is the Internet like the postal system, or like the telephone 
system?

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