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Ärende: Re: File-sharing Republican blogger tackles Orrin 'hollywood' Hatch
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From: "Geo" <georger@nls.net>

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I get them on my abuse@ email addresses.

Geo. (talk about stupid)
  "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:4325a7b3@w3.nls.net...
     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>I get them on my abuse@ email=20
addresses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Geo. (talk about stupid)</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV>"Rich" &lt;@&gt; wrote in message <A=20
  =
href=3D"news:4325a7b3@w3.nls.net">news:4325a7b3@w3.nls.net</A>...</DIV>
  <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=20
    on eBay (actually I haven't been to eBay in about 6 years), and =
I<BR>have=20
    never been to PayPal at all, and I get all these phishing =
spams<BR>there for=20
    eBay 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 =

    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=20
    '/m' &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=20
    for that occasional=20
    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=20
    href=3D"mailto:gauszka@hotmail.com">gauszka@hotmail.com</A>&gt; =
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 =

    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=20
    out against Hatch's proposed Induce Act, a bill =
that<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    world make "the intentional inducement of copyright infringement"=20
    an<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; offense. He is also critical of the =
Digital=20
    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 seeks donations from internet users, not=20
    just<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;those<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; living and =
voting in=20
    his native land of Utah, believes Hatch's=20
    legislation<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; plays into the hands of big, =
corporate=20
    media interests and helps 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
    Register.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
"File-sharing=20
    technology is value-neutral and it's amazing. The=20
    technology<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; should be lauded. Like most good =
things,=20
    though, it can be used in<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; inappropriate =
ways. In=20
    those cases, the actions, not the technology =
should<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    be discouraged," he =
said.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    Urquhart is sharply critical of both Hatch and the Induce Act, and=20
    the<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; defense they use of protecting =
copyright. "I=20
    think the threat of potential<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; copyright =
suits by=20
    Hollywood and the recording industry makes it=20
    difficult<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; for new businesses to compete. =
Small=20
    businesses simply won't bother=20
    to<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;enter<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; the fray or will =
fold at=20
    the first threat of a suit - even when what =
they<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; are=20
    doing is legal," Urquhart=20
    said.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; He noted big=20
    organizations like Disney have built massive franchises=20
    by<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; taking prior art from the common culture =
and=20
    slapping on their own<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; copyright, thereby =
claiming=20
    ownership. "Walt Disney built an empire by<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
taking=20
    public domain works like Cinderella and dressing them up with=20
    his<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; imagination," Urquhart=20
    said.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; He believes =
the reason=20
    legislation like the Induce Act has become =
possible<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    is a result of the lobbying power of entrenched business and what=20
    he<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;called:<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "The lack of=20
    appreciation for how fundamentally different the economy=20
    and<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; business are today than they were when =
these=20
    [politicians] left real life<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; and entered the =

    beltway."<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; =
"Politicians can=20
    best help . . . the internet community by staying out=20
    of<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; the way. Politicians usually are a few =
steps=20
    behind society. When it comes<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; to the =
internet, they=20
    are laps behind," Urquhart=20
    said.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Urquhart is a =
keen=20
    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=20
    flex their muscle. The candidate said he'd =
attracted<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    "significant" support from internet users and "many" tech backers in =

    his<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; efforts to raise between $750,000 and =
$1m to=20
    fund 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=20
    a<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; senator who understands the internet, and =
its role=20
    in the economy, and who<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; is willing to fight =
to=20
    protect the part it =
plays.<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    Voting out the 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=20
    people in Washington would pay closer attention =
to<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;=20
    technology 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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