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In article <1992Jul23.215931.13522@menudo.uh.edu> sears@tree.egr.uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) writes:

>Today we have a very interesting and sensitive situation arise -- a user  
>passed away and now the user's parents would like access to the user's  
>account.

>4) The current policy of Academic Computing is that the only person who can  
>*legally* access an account is the one who signed the account application,  
>which means that the parents cannot be given access.  In essence I agree, but  
I don't think that will hold up. Look at it the other way. What gives
the computer center the right to decide, for the family, that they
cannot have access to this particular subset of the deceased person's
possesions? I think that is for the executor of the will to decide. 
   Mind you, I am not sure that it *should* be this way. But unless
something happens, I would imagine that computer files fall under the
same laws that apply to other intellectual property.
  I would give the tape to the family, perhaps through an
administration contact, who could perhaps tactfully comment on the 
nature of computer communications....

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