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From: karish@mindcrf.UUCP (Chuck Karish)
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Subject: Re: Musings on constitutionality - Result of Neidorf charges
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Date: 17 Sep 90 05:28:53 GMT
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In article <16013@s.ms.uky.edu>  Thomas E. Kunselman (tek@ms.uky.edu) wrote:

>All of the information is from Information Week, September 3, 1990, 
>page 55.
>
>"The charges against Neidorf were all dropped on July 27, after his attorney
>proved that anyone with a computer could access the BellSouth data."

The description I heard of the outcome was that it was shown that
BellSouth would sell the data to anyone who asked for it, for a nominal
copying fee.  The prosecuting attorney was angry with BellSouth for
having provided an exaggerated valuation for the data, and abandoned
the case.  John Nagle may have more to say about this; he was involved
in bringing out the true story.
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	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
	Mindcraft, Inc.		(415) 323-9000