Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!jsweet@Uci-750a.ARPA From: jsweet@Uci-750a.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: BBS Confiscation Message-ID: <1156@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-May-84 03:43:15 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1156 Posted: Wed May 23 03:43:15 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 28-May-84 05:57:31 EDT Lines: 22 From: Jerry Sweet While I will agree that the judicial branch has managed to reinterpret laws so as to decrease personal freedoms, you are mistaken in pointing the finger at the judiciary in this case. This appears to be a law designed specifically to protect the phone company. No interpretation by the judicial branch will be rendered until law is challenged. I'd be curious to know exactly which law was violated in this BBS case and what steps the sysop can take to recover his system. If this case were taken all the way to the supreme court, it could be ten years before the system is returned. There are still some kids here in Irvine whose systems are in the custody of the FBI, although to my knowledge these juveniles have yet to be formally charged with a crime--MONTHS and MONTHS after the fact. Gee, it never ceases to amaze me how easily democracy is eroded by the forces of apathy, bureaucracy, and ignorance. -jns