IP: U.S. EMBRACES EUROPEAN COMPUTER CRIME PROPOSAL

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I "love" the linking of these crimes together -- the need to catch those 
engaged in Web site tampering, fraud, copyright infringement, and child 
pornography. It does nothing to help intelligent discussion


> The United States has endorsed the main principles of a European
> drive to amend cybercrime laws, despite the wishes of privacy,
> civil liberties, and human rights advocates. The U.S. Justice
> Department said the measures of the pact drafted to deal with the
> cross-border nature of cybercrime "are consistent with the
> existing framework of U.S. law and procedure." The pact would
> allow for the circumvention of the procedural and jurisdictional
> obstacles that law enforcement officials say allow
> cyber-criminals to evade prosecution. The pact specifically
> addresses the need to catch those engaged in Web site tampering,
> fraud, copyright infringement, and child pornography. The
> Justice Department also attempted to ease concerns that the new
> pact allows for the invasion of personal privacy and the erosion
> of governmental accountability. A 27-member coalition including
> the ACLU, Privacy International, and Internet Society has urged
> the Justice Department not to follow through on the international
> pact for fear it will enable police agencies and other private
> interests to include the redesign of system architecture to
> facilitate surveillance.



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