Re: New Virus: Was He Actually Guilty?

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Poor Michael Jackson. For a couple
> weeks, viruses were being circulated via a bogus press release > which claimed he 'committed suicide'. Now a new virus is making > the rounds purporting to be a questionairre on his guilt or > innocence, and offering prizes to the people who venture their > opinions on same. PAT]

How much money did they spend to investigate and prosecute Jackson?

How much money are they spending to investigate and prosecute virus producers?

Likewise, what are they doing to investigate and prosecute the black market vendors in stolen credit cards (see today's NYT at

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P.S. FWIW, Lifetime Channel is running a movie about a teen boy who gets hooked on Internet p*rn. IMHO their stuff is not accurate and is just overwrought melodramas. To put it another way, are kids really committing suicide as a result of "Internet bullying"?

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am told the prosecution of Michael Jackson took _BIG $$_. So big, the county had to borrow money from other accounts to be able to do any other prosecutions at all this year. Poor prosecutor ... for a dozen years now he has had his heart set on winning that case. It looks like he struck out again; but I am certain with some meditation and effort and the cheering squad at Fox News behind him, he will try again in another year or so.

Regards virus producers, I don't think they are doing anything. ICANN would not approve of it, and anyway, as the hotshot netters would say, we cannot dictate how other users run their sites, and the term 'obnoxious' is undefined in their minds. Interesting you should comment on Lifetime Channel; IMO they are tied for last place with Fox News. PAT]