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"Peter Foldes" wrote:

Jeff was 14 yrs old at the time.

Jeff? I thought it was Mike...

He was sentenced to 8 months in detention plus one year of probation,

That was house detention and was able to go out for only schooling. His
probation was for 4 yrs.

Then the probation was lengthened post-sentencing:

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/factsfigure/cybercrimes.htm

(and yup, I should have written "of" instead of "in")

How does one sue a newsgroup, anyway? Where and to whom would the suit
be served

Microsoft Canada was sued. Microsoft Canada has since been closed and is no
longer here.

Still can't find a cite...I'd have thought a decision like that would
have been widely reported.