Thursday, December 23, 2004

Judge denies guilty plea

A district judge in New York <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5499701.html?tag=zdnn.alert">has refused to accept a guilty plea</A> from a former America Online employee charged with stealing 92 million email addresses from the online giant, citing vagueness in the prosecutors' argument that the theft violated the federal Can-Spam Act. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday postponed the hearing in hopes of consulting with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., about specifics in the Can-Spam Act's definition of why the defendant's practices were considered in violation of the law.

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