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Slot Machine Justice for Melissa Author
Mark Rasch, 2002-05-13

Under capricious computer crime sentencing rules, virus-writer David Smith managed to get the right prison term for all the wrong reasons.

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What loss? 2002-05-23
Anonymous
I believe a company can show a loss due to productivity decrease. While we were not hurt by Melissa, we were devistated by Nimda and CodeRed and the productivity numbers show it.

The fact is virus writers are developing code whose purpose is to affect systems in a negative manner and releasing...

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