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Posted by Hemos on Thursday September 23, 1999 @09:17AM from the don't-even-think-bad-thoughts dept.

Ecyrd pointed out that the Finnish Parliment has ratified an amendment making viruses illegal. It's actually not just illegal to use them - distributing them is illegal as well. The most interesting part of the legislation is that apparently isn't just using them - writing them is also a crime.

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