Ashcroft to announce spammer prosecutions

[RawAlex]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/08/26/cybercrime.probe/

Seems a P2P network was the biggest target (or at least the one the media is most interested in). Good quality digital versions of the movies online before they get released - sometimes before they even end up in theaters!

Seemingly moves made on phishing as well - plus some comments (not clear) on emails that infect computers (sounds like toolbars to me!). Let's see who got it up the ass on this one.

interesting article on wired regarding 2257:

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,6...tw=wn_tophead_8

According to established federal agency procedure, the proposed changes can be made law once the DOJ reviews and considers public comments. If the proposals are enacted, enforcement is expected to begin in late September or early October -- just before the 2004 presidential elections.

So nobody even really knows when these changes go into effect.

Alex