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From: dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Ownership of files (/etc/passwd)
Message-ID: <1991May4.043306.3647@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 04:33:06 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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Hello Netlanders,

    My question is thus:
	What should the laws of 'file ownership' be?  Can a file
	in your home computer or directory be considered personal property?

	A hypothetical situation:  A user is found to have a dir full
	of unix /etc/passwd files from many other systems.  Are the passwd
	files the sole property of whatever site it is from?  Or are they
	the property of the user since they are in his directory?


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