Re: BBC Crosses The Line Again

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

Isn't there a "Journalism" exception to all criminal statutes?

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
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Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgster () gmail com] 
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:45 PM
To: Larry Seltzer
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] BBC Crosses The Line Again

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>
wrote:

> I don't think this is quite the same thing. The objectionable part of
> it, I assume, is that they paid for stolen credit cards. But they
> concluded the investigation in such a way that the perpetrator got
> caught. And they didn't hack anyone's computer to do it.

I guess "possession of stolen property" doesn't apply in the UK...

- - ferg

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