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From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
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Subject: Is information property ? (was: Re: EFF amicus brief in U.S. v. Riggs)
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Date: 26 May 91 12:36:47 GMT
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In article <1991May24.190632.28098@eff.org>, mnemonic@eff (Mike Godwin) writes:

>FN1.  Riggs pleaded guilty to a second count of the Illinois indictment,
>charging interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C.  2314,
>but the government moved to dismiss the plea as to this count after it was
>revealed that the property was valued at under $5,000, the statutory
>minimum.  The government did not make a similar motion as to the wire
>fraud count because 18 U.S.C.  1343 has no minimum dollar threshold.  See
>Sentencing Information Filed on Behalf of the Northern District of
>Illinois United States Attorney's Office, submitted with the Government's
>Sentencing Memorandum and S.G.  5K1.1 Motion.  R1-50-1-2 and 7-8.

Does this mean that the U.S. courts consider information to be
property ?  Does this case set a precedent ?

//Jyrki