David Duncan wrote: >Slashdot just posted a blurb and some links regarding the Cybercrime >Treaty. > One of the more interesting follow-up comments on Slashdot observed that treaties are not valid in the US unless ratified by the senate, and that no treaty can over-ride the constitution http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24088&cid=2606113 <http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24088&cid=2606113> and that major US corporations have financial motive to block this treaty http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24088&cid=2606113 <http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24088&cid=2606113> Note also that the treaty is not "self-executing" and thus requires enabling legislation. <http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24088&cid=2606113> >http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/23/237208&mode=thread > >http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZD3WRL5LC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0 > >Potential points of interest for the Law Enforcement and Business >community (summerized from the law.com link above): > The law.com article is very good, but a tad over-formatted (didn't render well under Mozilla). I had to cut & paste the text to be able to read it. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
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