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From: mnemonic@eff.uucp (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: logistar (logistan?) and Revlon
Message-ID: <1990Oct28.230638.2851@eff.uucp>
Date: 28 Oct 90 23:06:38 GMT
References: <1990Oct27.161200.18165@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Oct27.220708.29825@eff.uucp> <1990Oct28.123732.17333@hoss.unl.edu>
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In article <1990Oct28.123732.17333@hoss.unl.edu> riddle@hoss.unl.edu (Michael H. Riddle) writes:
>
>Hmm.  Interesting point, but then taking someone's car off the street can
>be either theft of repossession.

Would you say that software resident in Revlon's computer was 
on "the street"?

>  Does the UCC language "except for breach
>of the peace" authorize "peaceful" breakins?

Not to my knowledge. Indeed, the notion of a "peaceful break-in" is
probably an oxymoron in criminal law. Recall that if I open an
unlocked door it's "breaking" as far as a breaking-and-entering
charge goes.


--Mike



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