Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:14:55 +0200
From: Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
They went to the police (in the USA) saying that this
person had infringed on their copyright by publishing
their secret documents on Usenet. The police in the
USA contacted the police in Finland. The police in
Finland went to the anonymity server and gave him
to choices: Either we take the whole server, or you
tell us who is behind this pseudonym. He told them
under duress who it was. But shortly after that, he
shut down the server.
Should the Finnish police really have done this?
Should he have accepted their requests, or should
he have called a lawyer and tried to move the issue
of whehter to divulge this information into the
courts in Finland?
This is a social issue, and not a technical issue. You might want to
consider asking this question in an EFF forum, instead of the IETF
mailing list.
- Ted