This also shows that we don't need a bunch of new laws against "cyber"
crimes, just common sense application of existing ones. If the info
those lawyers were seeking was on hard copy in a metal filing cabinet,
the issue would be the same.

You can't punish the lawyer for "demanding" to see all your private
info, you just fight him in the normal way, like the author suggested.

But these new untested laws are ripe for misinterpretation and
misapplication. God save us from new laws.

As for all the other lunacy, there are already fools who think it is
a "crime" to link to their sites.

http://www.phenomenalwomen.com/donteventhinkaboutit/

Apparently they don't understand that without linking,
there would be no world wide web.

As for spam, we all love to hate it, but if you outlaw unsolicited email
you would be afraid to email family members you had feuded
with, for fear they would sue you for spamming and stalking.