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[comp.org.eff.talk...] EFF amicus brief in U.S. v. Riggs (long)(repost w/ corrections)

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From: Mike Godwin
Date: Sat, 25 May 1991 18:53
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Archive-name: legal/eff/riggs-amicus-brief/0--
Archive: eff.org:/docs/riggs.brief [192.88.144.3]
Original-posting-by: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Original-subject: EFF amicus brief in U.S. v. Riggs (long)(repost w/ corrections)
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)


Jim Hornung at DEC pointed out several errors in the original
transmission, including some lost footnotes. What follows is
the corrected version of the amicus brief in which EFF challenges
a sentencing restriction on post-prison computer use by a computer-
crime defendant.




##########   |  
##########   |  
###          |   THE DOCUMENT CASE
#######      |  
#######      |   A collection of briefs, judgments
###          |   white papers, rulings, and references of
##########   |   moment to the issues of law and order on
##########   |   The Electronic Frontier
             |  
##########   |  
##########   |  
###          |  Document #: 1   
#######      |  Title: EFF Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Riggs 
#######      |  challenging computer-use prohibition 
###          |  in "hacker" defendant's sentencing
###          |  Archived/Published to the Net: May 23, 1991
###          |  Filename: riggs.brief
             |  
##########   |  
##########   |  Anonymous ftp archive maintained by
###          |  Mike Godwin and Chris Davis at
#######      |  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
#######      |    
###          |  These files are in the "docs" subdirectory 
###          |  of the ftp directory. Related files may be 
###          |  found in the EFF and SJG subdirectories.

[Text of the brief deleted.  --Ed]

-- 
Mike Godwin,        |         To see a world in a grain of sand
mnemonic@eff.org    |         And heaven in a wild flower
(617) 864-0665      |         Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
EFF, Cambridge, MA  |         And eternity in an hour

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From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
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Subject: [comp.org.eff.talk...] EFF amicus brief in U.S. v. Riggs (long)(repost w/ corrections)
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Date: 25 May 91 18:53:33 GMT
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