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Title: Due to lack of anti-hacking laws... Japanese hacker knicked for copywrite.
Post by: g00d_4sh on January 28, 2008, 11:03:58 AM

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/25/virus-writer-done-copyright

Heh, now THAT'S bad when the only thing they can nail a virus writer for... is the fact he copied a movie to distribute his virus in.

Title: Re: Due to lack of anti-hacking laws... Japanese hacker knicked for copywrite.
Post by: Andrew Waite on January 29, 2008, 03:07:04 AM

Saw that story a few days ago, couldn't help but laugh.

Reminds me of them getting Al Capone for tax evasion. Just shows that even if it isn't illegal, if it isn't seen as 'right' it is still a good idea to watch your step

Title: Re: Due to lack of anti-hacking laws... Japanese hacker knicked for copywrite.
Post by: jimbob on January 30, 2008, 06:28:33 AM

In the absence of a crime specific to your actions there has always been a creative side to the law. In the UK some phone phreaking crimes were prosecuted as theft of electricity in the absence of a law specific to phreaking. It was probably the only justified loss a telco could claim in the circumstances.

Of course the theft amounted to a few pence at best.

Jimbob

Title: Re: Due to lack of anti-hacking laws... Japanese hacker knicked for copywrite.
Post by: g00d_4sh on January 30, 2008, 11:03:48 AM

Stolen electricty? That's freaking classic. I had no idea that a case like that had occured, I'll have to look it up.