[geeks] FBI vs. bandwidth thieves

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 05:07:31PM -0400, Tim H. wrote:
> OK, I got the link from /. , but I am baffled as to where the FBI gets
> jurisdiction?  And for that matter, isn't a violation of a "customer
> service agreement" a civil matter?  And how can the FBI seize property
> without charging someone with a crime?  I'm not sticking up for the
> people involved, they agreed to the rules, but the FBI?!?!
> 
> Is the gov't et.al. so scared of communication by people that everything
> relating to computers/internet is automatically stuffed under some
> terrorism bill or something?  I am missing a piece here somewhere, do we
> have somebody in the Toledo area that can fill me in?
>  
> http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=TO&Date=20020627&Category=NEWS03&ArtNo=106270073&Ref=AR

They siezed 23 computers and only got a total of 3 harddrives?
Methinks someone quickly stashed the harddrives. 

And that is so way lame.  The cable company should have just used a
server side bandwidth limiter if they cared so much.


-- 
Joshua D. Boyd