Hello, You've Got Mail ... And Possibly Criminal Charges. (Trees And Things)

Milo: Two Other User Accounts

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:18:52 EST

The thing that got me on this one was the part where the judge said, "the emails were also found on the machines of other recipients and were sent to two user accounts Kelley maintained". I seems unlikely a spam bot would have managed to find

Lou: You've got spam?

Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:32:10 EST

I just got an email with the subject " afzayeshe ghad baraye baleghin !!! ba mojaveze rasmi !!!". Do you think I should have pitched it like I did? (Does anyone know what language that is? Is it a language?")

So I'm wondering, i

rombuu: Re: Yeah right...

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:53:58 EST

Fine, fine..given they found 500 images on the guys computer even if he theoretically received some mysterious child pr0n spam, this is simple enough to figure out. Are these images in the mail clients cache? Or are they in a folder marked "do

uncarved block: Point 1 Unlikely

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:02:03 EST

Given the vehemence with which law enforcement folks go after kiddie porn, I don't think gay or straight would make any difference. In other sex crime cases, the question would be a fair one, but not here, IMO.
I'm not sure t

Thalia: Re: Yeah right...

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:34:55 EST

Given that porn spam is between 8-10% of all spam, and that there have been documented cases of unsolicited porn spam including Child porn rings don't spam? It seems like a fake credit identity and a friendly offshore

ms sue: Re: Interesting Case

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:34:19 EST

The porn as described in the court document makes the document itself seem pornographic. Am I the only one who finds that ironic? Does erotic text involving children count as child porn?

That's really a stretch, unless the court document is inten

wetkarma: Interesting Case

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:24:23 EST

Couple points:

I wonder if the fact that Kelley is gay played a role in how the court viewed this case? i.e. are gays perceived by the court as more probable to possess child porn?
Reading the court opinion, it seem

rombuu: Yeah right...

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:46:59 EST

...because I mean kiddie pr0n pushers really want to push out the spam, since they have don't have a a business that wouldn't lead them to pound me in the ass prison if one person they solicited who wasn't interested went to the authorities.

I find this