Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Safety Precautions (was Re: Musing on Constitutionality) Message-ID: Date: 12 Sep 90 20:55:24 GMT References: <3108@mindlink.UUCP> <56@hyprion.ddmi.com> <261@crucible.UUCP> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Followup-To: comp.org.eff.talk Organization: The World Lines: 37 In-Reply-To: al@crucible.UUCP's message of 12 Sep 90 15:03:20 GMT From: al@crucible.UUCP (Al Evans) >You and I, and others in the same type of situation, probably should >adopt the policy of keeping two full backups, one of which is stored >quietly in a remote location. Replacement hardware is a lot easier >to procure than replacement data:-) Yes, maybe, I understand (and correct me if I'm wrong) that SJG was required to produce all backups etc and those were carted away also, I believe they drove people to their homes to fetch floppies etc during the raid. If this is the case then showing up on the air again is de facto admission of having withheld evidence material to the search! Another (felony) charge. You could be exonerated on the other charges, declared innnocent, and still do time. Heck, they could probably slap contempt charges on top of that just for fun, and innocence would not be a defense! (tho it might cause them to drop all the charges, but that's merely a practical consideration, one judge with a bad case of heartburn and you'd be on the inside "just to teach ya some respect for da law".) It's an evil web. Personally I think this is all one of those wonderful ploys to get the little guys outta the business. It's cheap, it's easy*, so let's make it (legally) dangerous...I can't help but wonder how much support folks like compuserve, at&t and prodigy have given to EFF, or is all this FUD playing into their hands? * not entirely true, but relative to the high-rollers' budgets. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | {xylogics,uunet}!world!bzs | bzs@world.std.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD