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From: al@crucible.UUCP (Al Evans)
>You and I, and others in the same type of situation, probably should
>adopt the policy of keeping two full backups, one of which is stored
>quietly in a remote location. Replacement hardware is a lot easier
>to procure than replacement data:-)

Yes, maybe, I understand (and correct me if I'm wrong) that SJG was
required to produce all backups etc and those were carted away also, I
believe they drove people to their homes to fetch floppies etc during
the raid.

If this is the case then showing up on the air again is de facto
admission of having withheld evidence material to the search! Another
(felony) charge.

You could be exonerated on the other charges, declared innnocent, and
still do time. Heck, they could probably slap contempt charges on top
of that just for fun, and innocence would not be a defense! (tho it
might cause them to drop all the charges, but that's merely a
practical consideration, one judge with a bad case of heartburn and
you'd be on the inside "just to teach ya some respect for da law".)

It's an evil web.

Personally I think this is all one of those wonderful ploys to get the
little guys outta the business. It's cheap, it's easy*, so let's make
it (legally) dangerous...I can't help but wonder how much support
folks like compuserve, at&t and prodigy have given to EFF, or is all
this FUD playing into their hands?

* not entirely true, but relative to the high-rollers' budgets.
-- 
        -Barry Shein

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