Assuming broadband rather than dialup, how do they track IPs?
--J
On Jan 26, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Hiram Gonash wrote:
>
> If the IP is being tracked, it's a start. BUT if the IP is dynamically
> allocated at connection time (like with Earthlink Dialup) then you
> have to trace from the blogsite to the ISP and subpoena their records.
>
> And so on - trace and subpoena.
>
> As for a commenter admitting to a crime, it depends on the crime and
> the country from which the commenter posts. For example, if Joe
> Schlobotnik posted on Little Ms Attila's site that he had sex with a
> border collie that's admitting to a crime according to U.S. standards.
> But what if Joe lives someplace where sex with an animal is legal? You
> can't tell where he lives from his post so is it a crime or not?
>
> Or, another example, DeCSS - posting the code that decrypts DVDs. It's
> illegal to have this code in the U.S. because of the stupid,
> shortsighted, self-serving, bogus, DCMA law (or whatever the hell
> acronym it is). But in other countries it's not illegal. So if a
> website in, say, Amsterdam has the code and you view it, you're
> breaking the law becuase the very act of viewing means a copy of it is
> now on your computer.
>
> Meaning you won't know you've broken the law until you break it.
>
> Any of this make sense?
>
> -H.G.
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "toughslush"
> <jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> >
> > From a friend; let me know if you can help.
> >
> > "I have a story idea about a blogger that commits a crime. . . .how
> would a cop find the
> > blogger? Who would they subpoena? I know hackers and virus writers
> stay out of sight but
> > how?"
> >
> > I imagine the records of a place like Blogspot or tBlog would be
> subject to subpeopna, but
> > beyond that, the issue of electronic privacy is interesting.
> >
> > What if a commenter at a blog admits to a crime?--could the cops
> find someone based
> > only on their IP?
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > --J
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