FC: Report on John Zuccarini, accused domain name deceiver

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Ali Farshchian" <ali () circleid com>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Report on Reaction to Zuccarini's Arrest
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:55:37 -0700

Declan,

CircleID has done a special coverage on public's response to Zuccarini's
arrest that might be of interest to Politech readers -- particularly as many
of the comments are significantly different from what has been publicized by
the media. As you know, On September 3, 2003, United States federal law
enforcement officers arrested the notorious John Zuccarini accused of
allegedly creating misleading domain names to deceive children and direct
them to pornographic websites.

As reported by the media, Zuccarini's arrest was the first to be made under
the "Truth in Domain Names Act", which took effect earlier this year
prohibiting people from creating misleading domain names as a means to
deceive children into viewing content that's harmful to minors (or tricking
adults into clicking on obscene websites).

What follows (and not covered in the media) is a special report on a
*growing* collection of commentaries made in response to Zuccarini's arrest
around the net and by legal experts...

"Report on Reaction to Zuccarini's Arrest"
http://www.circleid.com/article/244_0_1_0_C/





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