Thursday, October 26, 2000

Germany - Geldstrafe f[cedilla]r Kinderporno-Sammler Germany - Geldstrafe f[florin]r Kinderporno-Sammler. (dpa) Wegen Sammelns von Kinderpornos [florin]ber den Internet-Zugang der Uni Erlangen-N[florin]rnberg hat das Amtsgericht Erlangen einen Studenten zu einer Geldstrafe von 2100 Mark verurteilt. [Quick Links Computercrime Cybercrime] 10:15 # G!

Vote auction Web site moves operations overseas A Web site offering to sell 21,000 votes for President to the highest bidder has changed its domain name and transferred its registration to a company based in Germany. The www.vote-auction.com site asks visitors to fill out personal details and then offers to sell the votes in blocks broken down by state. The goal, according to the Web site, is to bring "the big money of campaigns directly to the voting public," but the owners, who are Austrian, say they still need to work out the details of how everyone would get paid, and how to verify that they cast the right ballot. The site has been criticized by election officials in Michigan, New York and other states, but as of its reopening this week, more than 2,500 California voters had offered their votes and the leading bid was $48,000, or $19.61 per vote. In August, six people offering to sell their votes for President drew bids as high as $10,000 on eBay before the online auctioneer shut them down. [AP 25 Oct 2000 http://news.excite.com/news/ap/001025/20/votes-for-sale ; NewsScan Daily, 26 Oct 2000] ["NewsScan" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 11] 0:00 # G!