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what is wrong with this picture?
From: "NewsScan" <[email protected]>
NewsScan Daily, 15 May 2003 ("Above The Fold")
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'BUFFALO SPAMMER' COULD GET UP TO SEVEN YEARS
Howard Carmack, the so-called "Buffalo Spammer," has become the
first person in New York state to be charged under the state's
identity theft laws. If convicted, he could be sentenced to
2-1/2 to 7 years in prison for identity theft, forgery,
criminal possession of forgery devices (in the form of software
used to create phony return addresses), and falsifying business
records. According to the indictment, Carmack "stole the
identities of innocent New Yorkers to spam millions of
consumers throughout New York and the nation." He is charged
with using 343 stolen identities to send his unsolicited bulk
mailings through Earthlink accounts. An Earthlink executive
said the main impact of the arrest would be to demonstrate to
others the "very high cost of doing business" in spam. (New
York Newsday 14 May 2003)
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-biz-spammer0514,0,2414486.story?coll=nyc-business-short-navigation
this exemplifies the corporate and legislative attempt to confuse
spam == uce with forgery. if they can make the latter the issue,
this leaves the way completely clear for unsolicited commercial
email from the corporate sector which now fills our post boxes with
ground trees.
randy
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