[Air-l] Online graffiti

Peter Timusk ptimusk at sympatico.ca
Wed Apr 19 20:12:51 PDT 2006


I wonder if you would include defacing web sites? Can someone refute  
my claim in an undergrad computer crime paper that someone defaced  
the White house web site and faced or was sentenced to ten years in  
jail?

Peter Timusk

MA applicant  student of computer crime.

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On 19-Apr-06, at 6:28 PM, Sigal wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post here, and I would like to have any idea about  
> "online
> graffiti" as a communication method.
>
>
> Thank you very much,
> Sigal
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:01 PM
> To: aoir list
> Subject: [Air-l] what can/'t you say on a blog
>
> Shani Orgad asks what can/can't you say on a personal blog.
>
> I can give you two sides to this, both true even if contradictory.
>
> 1. If it is at all maintained by the university, the university can  
> have a
> right to say No. (Warning: I don't know UK law.) Even if you're  
> using a
> university computer, they have a right.
>
> 2. OTOH, in my 40 years of experience, many university administrators
> don't know the law -- or even their university ethics codes -- and  
> just
> assert stuff. So you can always ask them to show you where the law and
> code forbids stuff.
>
> It's always better to have a trusted representative working for you on
> such matters, especially if they are a knowledgeable greivance  
> officer of
> your faculty union or an experienced lawyer in the area -- libel,  
> labour,
> etc.
>
> Having given my 2 shillings worth of advice, I must cut and run off  
> to a
> conference until May 1. And it is too painful for me even now to  
> discuss
> any more the details of my own experience.
>
> Good luck,
>
>  Barry
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