I just wanted to comment a little on the “Email and Free Speech” section in Chapter 10. I’ve taken a media law class last semester and read many briefs on digital rights and laws that are still confusing trying to understand them. But I actually understand how Intel would think somebody using their server to spam is transpassing because its passing information using a entity or body for that message to pass along. The decision made by the Judge in this case was actually fair because there wasn’t any damage done to Intel at all. I have read many computer hacking stories and most of them are only serious if it involved stealing private information or corrupting a computer with a virus. But spamming is pretty much harmless unless its spyware spamming which is another story. Anyways, reading this section made me remember my media law class where every week, we brief about three media cases and how it effected the laws today and since technology is moving towards the digital age, new digital laws are forming and changing for the better which is quite extraordinary considering the fact about 10 years back, we didn’t even think spamming was going to be something big. Catch you guys later.
