one-to-many messaging

[Peter Fairbrother]

James Firth wrote:
> On 01 April 2008 13:01, PeteM wrote:
>> Be that as it may, what is clearly not lawful is the presentation of
>> forged 404s to people trying to access pages on the blocked list.
> 
> But it would be clearly lawful if the Royal Mail intercepted a shipment of
> illegal pornography from oversees, having been tipped off by Customs of the
> channels and identifying features such shipments carried?

There is no definition of interception of a postal service in RIPA - 
2(2) does not apply to postal services - so the situation is not clear, 
and analogies between electronic and postal services break down.

Is sending a packet of nuts and bolts by post a communication?

Is sending a packet of dirty magazines?

If not there is no interception.

-- Peter Fairbrother