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From: bsherm@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Bob Sherman)
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: How to not write narrow, bad legislation? (Re: To someone in Brooklyn...)
Message-ID: <497@umbio.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 11 Sep 88 21:04:14 GMT
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in article <2946@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) says:

> [discussion about anti-virus bill, which will probably be another
> misguided technical attack]

> The worst example of such a law recently is the Electronic Communications
> Privacy Act of '87, which a BBS operator was recently charged with violation.

Can you please advise the details of the incident you mention of a bbs
operator being charged under the privacy act? If you don't feel it
belongs on the net, then pls reply via e-mail.
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