Re:Death penalty for virus writers? (Score 1)

As far as I am aware, it has been reported that there is no law against writing or distributing a virus in the Philippines. One of the reasons they could not arrest him was that he had broken no laws. from the bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_7 40000/740623.stm But the Philippines authorities are unsure if anyone can be prosecuted, because there is no specific law in the Philippines making the dissemination of computer viruses illegal. The warrants for the search of the apartment were granted on the basis of a suspected breach of the banking laws.