From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 15 18:43:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21424 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:43:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA21418 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:43:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhuff@cybercom.net) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA11884 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:43:08 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhuff@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA11318; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:43:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:43:08 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Huff Message-Id: <199901160243.VAA11318@shell1.cybercom.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Forward all spam to UCE@FTC.GOV In-Reply-To: <87597569@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Zach Heilig writes: > [ I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV ] > > On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:58:27AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > I was under the impression that felony was 'serious' crimes, > > murder, rape, burglary etc, etc. which makes it seem a bit > > extreme to make junk faxing/e-mailing a felony. > > Literally (from a 1965 edition of Webster's dictionary [*]): (a) a > grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English > common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other > punishment (b) a grave crime expressly declared to be a felony by > the common law (c) a crime declared a felony by statute because of > the punishment imposed. Bottom line: "felony" is whatever the legislature says it is. Rule of thumb: it's a felony if it involves possible incarceration of over 1 year, or a fine of more than $1000. Robert Huff (Not a lawyer either) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message