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Skriven 2005-09-12 09:07:50 av Rich (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 7142 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: File-sharing Republican blogger tackles Orrin 'hollywood' Hatch
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From: "Rich" <@>

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   That is not weird.  That is typical.  If mike is honest that he only =
gets them on an account specific to ebay his case would be the very = weird
one.

Rich

  "Ellen K." <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message =
news:athai11iafqv0sc5h11n2gj0aggc35be3c@4ax.com...
  The weirdest thing is that I have a fake yahoo email that I have never
  used on eBay (actually I haven't been to eBay in about 6 years), and I
  have never been to PayPal at all, and I get all these phishing spams
  there for eBay and PayPal.

  On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:54:24 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote =
in
  message <7bd9i1pohv0qoe8a7pchpm9qa8tuu84k0a@4ax.com>:

  >
  >Oh yeah.  I get tons of phishing emails on the email account I use =
for
  >eBay.  They are quick to spot, a quick look at the email header gives
  >them away.
  >
  > /m
  >
  >On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:45:13 -0700, Ellen K. =
<72322.1016@compuserve.com>
  >wrote:
  >
  >>And PayPal and eBay are the two biggest phishing targets.
  >>
  >>On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:37:27 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> =
wrote in
  >>message <1nj8i15dmecsdo7qal1u6iilt14sceopal@4ax.com>:
  >>
  >>>
  >>>I've got a PayPal account, but I refuse to allow PayPal to have =
direct
  >>>access to my checking account.  PayPal is good for that occasional =
eBay
  >>>purchase.
  >>>
  >>> /m
  >>>
  >>>On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:02 -0400, "Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote:
  >>>
  >>>>why is it these people all assume you have a paypal account or =
even want
  >>>>one?
  >>>>
  >>>>Geo.
  >>>>
  >>>>"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  >>>>news:43242c3a@w3.nls.net...
  >>>>>
  >>>>> =
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/urquhart_file-share_hatch/
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Interview A US politician challenging the pro-Hollywood Utah =
Senator Orrin
  >>>>> Hatch is supporting file-sharing as a means to promote business =
innovation
  >>>>> and keep the internet free.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Republican challenger Steve Urquhart is taking a pro-small =
business and
  >>>>> creative commons stance against Hatch, arguing that hobbling =
file-sharing
  >>>>> technology through government legislation, that is enforced =
through the
  >>>>> courts, is bad for business. Urquhart is running for the GOP =
seat against
  >>>>> Hatch in 2006.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Urquhart has talked out against Hatch's proposed Induce Act, a =
bill that
  >>>>> world make "the intentional inducement of copyright =
infringement" an
  >>>>> offense. He is also critical of the Digital Millennium Copyright =
Act
  >>>>(DCMA),
  >>>>> backed by Hatch - and others - and signed into law.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Urquhart, whose campaign seeks donations from internet users, =
not just
  >>>>those
  >>>>> living and voting in his native land of Utah, believes Hatch's =
legislation
  >>>>> plays into the hands of big, corporate media interests and helps =
stifle
  >>>>> small business.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> "Senator Hatch has shown that he doesn't understand the =
internet, or at
  >>>>> least, he does not welcome the kind of democratizing tool it can =
be,"
  >>>>> Urquhart told The Register.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> "File-sharing technology is value-neutral and it's amazing. The =
technology
  >>>>> should be lauded. Like most good things, though, it can be used =
in
  >>>>> inappropriate ways. In those cases, the actions, not the =
technology should
  >>>>> be discouraged," he said.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Urquhart is sharply critical of both Hatch and the Induce Act, =
and the
  >>>>> defense they use of protecting copyright. "I think the threat of =
potential
  >>>>> copyright suits by Hollywood and the recording industry makes it =
difficult
  >>>>> for new businesses to compete. Small businesses simply won't =
bother to
  >>>>enter
  >>>>> the fray or will fold at the first threat of a suit - even when =
what they
  >>>>> are doing is legal," Urquhart said.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> He noted big organizations like Disney have built massive =
franchises by
  >>>>> taking prior art from the common culture and slapping on their =
own
  >>>>> copyright, thereby claiming ownership. "Walt Disney built an =
empire by
  >>>>> taking public domain works like Cinderella and dressing them up =
with his
  >>>>> imagination," Urquhart said.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> He believes the reason legislation like the Induce Act has =
become possible
  >>>>> is a result of the lobbying power of entrenched business and =
what he
  >>>>called:
  >>>>> "The lack of appreciation for how fundamentally different the =
economy and
  >>>>> business are today than they were when these [politicians] left =
real life
  >>>>> and entered the beltway."
  >>>>>
  >>>>> "Politicians can best help . . . the internet community by =
staying out of
  >>>>> the way. Politicians usually are a few steps behind society. =
When it comes
  >>>>> to the internet, they are laps behind," Urquhart said.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Urquhart is a keen blogger and is using his online campaign =
against Hatch
  >>>>to
  >>>>> encourage techies to flex their muscle. The candidate said he'd =
attracted
  >>>>> "significant" support from internet users and "many" tech =
backers in his
  >>>>> efforts to raise between $750,000 and $1m to fund the 2006 =
campaign
  >>>>against
  >>>>> Hatch.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> He claims internet users supporting him share a common chord of =
wanting a
  >>>>> senator who understands the internet, and its role in the =
economy, and who
  >>>>> is willing to fight to protect the part it plays.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Voting out the incumbent will also send the message to lawmakers =
in the US
  >>>>> Congress about the value of file sharing and how the Induce Act, =
and
  >>>>similar
  >>>>> works like the defunct Consumer Broadband and Digital Television =
Promotion
  >>>>> Act sponsored by Senator Fritz Hollings - a.k.a "the Senator =
from
  >>>>Disney" -
  >>>>> are ill conceived.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> "I'm confident that if the technical community were to help turn =
out
  >>>>Senator
  >>>>> Hatch, 534 other people in Washington would pay closer attention =
to
  >>>>> technology in the future," Urquhart said.=AE
  >>>>>
  >>>>>
  >>>>

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; That is not weird.&nbsp; =
That is=20
typical.&nbsp; If mike is honest that he only gets them on an account =
specific=20
to ebay his case would be the very weird one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rich</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV>"Ellen K." &lt;<A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:72322.1016@compuserve.com">72322.1016@compuserve.com</A>&g=
t;=20
  wrote in message <A=20
  =
href=3D"news:athai11iafqv0sc5h11n2gj0aggc35be3c@4ax.com">news:athai11iafq=
v0sc5h11n2gj0aggc35be3c@4ax.com</A>...</DIV>The=20
  weirdest thing is that I have a fake yahoo email that I have =
never<BR>used on=20
  eBay (actually I haven't been to eBay in about 6 years), and I<BR>have =
never=20
  been to PayPal at all, and I get all these phishing spams<BR>there for =
eBay=20
  and PayPal.<BR><BR>On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:54:24 -0400, Mike '/m' =
&lt;<A=20
  href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote =
in<BR>message=20
  &lt;<A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:7bd9i1pohv0qoe8a7pchpm9qa8tuu84k0a@4ax.com">7bd9i1pohv0qoe=
8a7pchpm9qa8tuu84k0a@4ax.com</A>&gt;:<BR><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Oh=20
  yeah.&nbsp; I get tons of phishing emails on the email account I use=20
  for<BR>&gt;eBay.&nbsp; They are quick to spot, a quick look at the =
email=20
  header gives<BR>&gt;them away.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; /m<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;On =
Sun, 11=20
  Sep 2005 14:45:13 -0700, Ellen K. &lt;<A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:72322.1016@compuserve.com">72322.1016@compuserve.com</A>&g=
t;<BR>&gt;wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;And=20
  PayPal and eBay are the two biggest phishing=20
  targets.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:37:27 -0400, =
Mike '/m'=20
  &lt;<A href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote=20
  in<BR>&gt;&gt;message &lt;<A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:1nj8i15dmecsdo7qal1u6iilt14sceopal@4ax.com">1nj8i15dmecsdo=
7qal1u6iilt14sceopal@4ax.com</A>&gt;:<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;=
&gt;&gt;I've=20
  got a PayPal account, but I refuse to allow PayPal to have=20
  direct<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;access to my checking account.&nbsp; PayPal is =
good for=20
  that occasional =
eBay<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;purchase.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  /m<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:02 -0400, =
"Geo"=20
  &lt;<A href=3D"mailto:georger@nls.net">georger@nls.net</A>&gt;=20
  wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;why is it these people all =
assume=20
  you have a paypal account or even=20
  =
want<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;one?<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Geo.<=
BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;"Rich=20
  Gauszka" &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:gauszka@hotmail.com">gauszka@hotmail.com</A>&gt;=20
  wrote in=20
  =
message<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;news:43242c3a@w3.nls.net...<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt=
;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  <A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/urquhart_file-share_hatch=
/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/urquhart_file-share_hatch/</A>=
<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  Interview A US politician challenging the pro-Hollywood Utah Senator=20
  Orrin<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Hatch is supporting file-sharing as a =
means to=20
  promote business innovation<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; and keep the =
internet=20
  free.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Republican =
challenger=20
  Steve Urquhart is taking a pro-small business =
and<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  creative commons stance against Hatch, arguing that hobbling=20
  file-sharing<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; technology through government=20
  legislation, that is enforced through the<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
courts, is=20
  bad for business. Urquhart is running for the GOP seat=20
  against<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Hatch in=20
  2006.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Urquhart has =
talked out=20
  against Hatch's proposed Induce Act, a bill =
that<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; world=20
  make "the intentional inducement of copyright infringement"=20
  an<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; offense. He is also critical of the Digital =

  Millennium Copyright =
Act<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;(DCMA),<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  backed by Hatch - and others - and signed into=20
  law.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Urquhart, whose =
campaign=20
  seeks donations from internet users, not=20
  just<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;those<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; living and =
voting in his=20
  native land of Utah, believes Hatch's =
legislation<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  plays into the hands of big, corporate media interests and helps=20
  stifle<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; small=20
  business.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "Senator =
Hatch has=20
  shown that he doesn't understand the internet, or =
at<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  least, he does not welcome the kind of democratizing tool it can=20
  be,"<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Urquhart told The=20
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things,=20
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  Urquhart is a keen blogger and is using his online campaign against=20
  Hatch<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;to<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; encourage techies =
to flex=20
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attracted<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  "significant" support from internet users and "many" tech backers in=20
  his<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; efforts to raise between $750,000 and $1m =
to fund=20
  the 2006 campaign<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;against<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  Hatch.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; He claims =
internet=20
  users supporting him share a common chord of wanting =
a<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  senator who understands the internet, and its role in the economy, and =

  who<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; is willing to fight to protect the part it =

  plays.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Voting out the=20
  incumbent will also send the message to lawmakers in the=20
  US<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Congress about the value of file sharing =
and how=20
  the Induce Act, and<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;similar<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
works=20
  like the defunct Consumer Broadband and Digital Television=20
  Promotion<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Act sponsored by Senator Fritz =
Hollings -=20
  a.k.a "the Senator from<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Disney" =
-<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
  are ill conceived.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
"I'm=20
  confident that if the technical community were to help turn=20
  out<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Senator<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Hatch, 534 =
other people=20
  in Washington would pay closer attention to<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
technology=20
  in the future," Urquhart=20
  =
said.=AE<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&=
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