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00000000: 54 68 65 20 61 64 76 65 6E 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 |The advent of th| 00000010: 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 73 20 61 6E |e computer as an| 00000020: 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 68 61 6E | information han| 00000030: 64 6C 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 6F 6C 20 61 76 61 69 6C |dling tool avail| 00000040: 61 62 6C 65 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 0D 67 65 6E 65 |able to the.gene| 00000050: 72 61 6C 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 20 68 65 72 61 6C |ral public heral| 00000060: 64 65 64 20 61 20 6E 65 77 20 65 72 61 20 6F 66 |ded a new era of| 00000070: 20 6B 6E 6F 77 6C 65 64 67 65 20 61 73 20 77 65 | knowledge as we| 00000080: 6C 6C 20 61 73 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 64 20 61 |ll as provided a| 00000090: 20 6E 65 77 20 6D 65 61 6E 73 0D 74 6F 20 74 68 | new means.to th| 000000A0: 65 20 70 6F 74 65 6E 74 69 61 6C 20 63 72 69 6D |e potential crim| 000000B0: 69 6E 61 6C 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 6D 6D 69 74 20 74 |inal to commit t| 000000C0: 68 6F 73 65 20 63 72 69 6D 65 73 2E 20 53 6F 20 |hose crimes. So | 000000D0: 64 69 64 20 74 68 65 20 6E 75 63 6C 65 61 72 20 |did the nuclear | 000000E0: 64 65 76 69 63 65 2C 0D 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 65 |device,.the fire| 000000F0: 61 72 6D 2C 20 74 68 65 20 63 72 6F 73 73 2D 62 |arm, the cross-b| 00000100: 6F 77 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 61 74 |ow, and for that| 00000110: 20 6D 61 74 74 65 72 2C 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 75 | matter, the clu| 00000120: 62 2E 20 49 6E 65 76 69 74 61 62 6C 79 2C 20 74 |b. Inevitably, t| 00000130: 68 65 0D 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 77 61 73 20 |he.computer was | 00000140: 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 73 6F 20 75 |going to be so u| 00000150: 73 65 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 |sed, and it has | 00000160: 62 65 65 6E 2E 20 4E 75 6D 65 72 6F 75 73 20 65 |been. Numerous e| 00000170: 78 61 6D 70 6C 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 77 69 64 65 |xamples are wide| 00000180: 6C 79 0D 6B 6E 6F 77 6E 20 6F 66 20 74 68 61 74 |ly.known of that| 00000190: 20 6D 69 73 2D 75 73 65 2C 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 | mis-use, such a| 000001A0: 73 20 6D 61 6E 69 70 75 6C 61 74 69 6E 67 20 62 |s manipulating b| 000001B0: 61 6E 6B 20 61 63 63 6F 75 6E 74 73 2C 20 67 61 |ank accounts, ga| 000001C0: 69 6E 69 6E 67 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6F 0D |ining access to.| 000001D0: 64 65 66 65 6E 73 65 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 |defense informat| 000001E0: 69 6F 6E 2C 20 64 65 73 74 72 6F 79 69 6E 67 20 |ion, destroying | 000001F0: 76 69 74 61 6C 20 72 65 63 6F 72 64 73 2C 20 65 |vital records, e| 00000200: 74 63 2E 20 41 6C 73 6F 2C 20 69 6E 65 76 69 74 |tc. Also, inevit| 00000210: 61 62 6C 79 2C 20 74 68 65 0D 70 75 62 6C 69 63 |ably, the.public| 00000220: 20 64 65 6D 61 6E 64 65 64 20 6C 61 77 73 20 74 | demanded laws t| 00000230: 6F 20 70 72 6F 68 69 62 69 74 20 73 75 63 68 20 |o prohibit such | 00000240: 75 73 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 |uses and activit| 00000250: 69 65 73 2C 20 6A 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 |ies, just as the| 00000260: 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 0D 68 61 73 20 64 65 6D 61 | public.has dema| 00000270: 6E 64 65 64 20 67 75 6E 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C |nded gun control| 00000280: 20 6C 61 77 73 2E 0D 0D 4A 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 | laws...Just as | 00000290: 67 75 6E 20 63 6C 75 62 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 66 |gun clubs were f| 000002A0: 6F 72 6D 65 64 20 66 6F 72 20 61 6E 64 20 62 79 |ormed for and by| 000002B0: 20 65 6E 74 68 75 73 69 61 73 74 73 2C 20 73 6F | enthusiasts, so| 000002C0: 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 | have computer s| 000002D0: 70 65 63 69 61 6C 0D 69 6E 74 65 72 65 73 74 20 |pecial.interest | 000002E0: 67 72 6F 75 70 73 20 62 65 65 6E 20 66 6F 72 6D |groups been form| 000002F0: 65 64 2E 20 41 6E 64 20 6A 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 |ed. And just as | 00000300: 76 61 72 69 6F 75 73 20 66 6F 72 6D 73 20 6F 66 |various forms of| 00000310: 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 65 78 63 | information exc| 00000320: 68 61 6E 67 65 0D 62 65 65 6E 20 75 73 65 64 20 |hange.been used | 00000330: 62 79 20 66 69 72 65 61 72 6D 20 65 6E 74 68 75 |by firearm enthu| 00000340: 73 69 61 73 74 73 2C 20 73 6F 20 68 61 73 20 61 |siasts, so has a| 00000350: 6E 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 73 79 |n information sy| 00000360: 73 74 65 6D 20 62 65 65 6E 20 65 73 74 61 62 6C |stem been establ| 00000370: 69 73 68 65 64 0D 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D |ished.by the com| 00000380: 70 75 74 65 72 20 75 73 65 72 73 2E 0D 0D 41 20 |puter users...A | 00000390: 73 79 73 6F 70 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6F 70 65 |sysop is the ope| 000003A0: 72 61 74 6F 72 20 6F 66 20 61 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 |rator of a compu| 000003B0: 74 65 72 2D 62 61 73 65 64 20 6E 6F 6E 2D 70 72 |ter-based non-pr| 000003C0: 6F 66 69 74 20 65 6E 74 65 72 70 72 69 73 65 20 |ofit enterprise | 000003D0: 64 65 64 69 63 61 74 65 64 20 74 6F 0D 74 68 65 |dedicated to.the| 000003E0: 20 64 69 73 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 6F | dissemination o| 000003F0: 66 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 74 6F |f information to| 00000400: 20 61 6E 64 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 70 75 62 | and for the pub| 00000410: 6C 69 63 20 67 6F 6F 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 |lic good, and th| 00000420: 75 73 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 73 0D 61 20 73 65 |us provides.a se| 00000430: 72 76 69 63 65 20 74 6F 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 75 |rvice to that pu| 00000440: 62 6C 69 63 2E 20 41 73 20 73 75 63 68 2C 20 74 |blic. As such, t| 00000450: 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 |he system provid| 00000460: 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 20 |ed by the sysop | 00000470: 69 6E 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6C 79 0D 61 6E 61 6C |in directly.anal| 00000480: 6F 67 6F 75 73 20 74 6F 20 61 20 70 75 62 6C 69 |ogous to a publi| 00000490: 63 20 6C 69 62 72 61 72 79 2C 20 6F 72 20 74 6F |c library, or to| 000004A0: 20 61 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 20 62 75 6C 6C 65 74 | a public bullet| 000004B0: 69 6E 20 62 6F 61 72 64 20 61 74 20 61 20 70 75 |in board at a pu| 000004C0: 62 6C 69 63 0D 6D 65 65 74 69 6E 67 20 70 6C 61 |blic.meeting pla| 000004D0: 63 65 2E 20 41 20 42 42 53 20 63 61 6E 6E 6F 74 |ce. A BBS cannot| 000004E0: 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 74 69 6E 67 75 69 73 68 65 | be distinguishe| 000004F0: 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 69 6E 66 |d from other inf| 00000500: 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 73 6F 75 72 63 65 73 |ormation sources| 00000510: 0D 73 6F 6C 65 6C 79 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 62 |.solely on the b| 00000520: 61 73 69 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 6C 65 63 |asis of the elec| 00000530: 74 72 6F 6E 69 63 20 73 74 6F 72 61 67 65 2C 20 |tronic storage, | 00000540: 73 69 6E 63 65 20 65 64 75 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 |since education | 00000550: 61 6E 64 0D 64 69 73 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F |and.disseminatio| 00000560: 6E 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 6F 61 6C 73 20 |n are the goals | 00000570: 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6E 20 73 74 6F 72 |rather than stor| 00000580: 61 67 65 2E 0D 0D 4E 75 6D 65 72 6F 75 73 20 65 |age...Numerous e| 00000590: 78 61 6D 70 6C 65 73 20 61 62 6F 75 6E 64 20 6F |xamples abound o| 000005A0: 66 20 73 75 63 68 20 70 6C 61 63 65 73 2C 20 69 |f such places, i| 000005B0: 2E 65 2E 20 6D 75 6E 69 63 69 70 61 6C 20 62 75 |.e. municipal bu| 000005C0: 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 73 2C 20 73 68 6F 70 70 69 6E |ildings, shoppin| 000005D0: 67 0D 63 65 6E 74 65 72 73 2C 20 66 6F 6F 64 20 |g.centers, food | 000005E0: 73 74 6F 72 65 73 2C 20 67 6F 76 65 72 6E 6D 65 |stores, governme| 000005F0: 6E 74 61 6C 20 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 73 2C 20 |ntal buildings, | 00000600: 61 6E 64 20 65 76 65 6E 20 70 72 69 76 61 74 65 |and even private| 00000610: 20 72 65 74 61 69 6C 20 73 74 6F 72 65 73 2E 0D | retail stores..| 00000620: 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 69 65 73 |These activities| 00000630: 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 74 69 | should be disti| 00000640: 6E 67 75 69 73 68 65 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 70 72 |nguished from pr| 00000650: 6F 66 69 74 20 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 69 65 73 2C |ofit activities,| 00000660: 20 61 6C 74 68 6F 75 67 68 20 73 6F 6D 65 0D 61 | although some.a| 00000670: 6C 73 6F 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 20 73 69 6D 69 |lso provide simi| 00000680: 6C 61 72 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 73 20 28 54 68 |lar services (Th| 00000690: 65 20 53 6F 75 72 63 65 2C 20 43 6F 6D 70 75 73 |e Source, Compus| 000006A0: 65 72 76 65 2C 20 44 69 61 6C 6F 67 2C 20 65 74 |erve, Dialog, et| 000006B0: 63 2E 28 28 72 65 67 69 73 74 65 72 65 64 0D 74 |c.((registered.t| 000006C0: 72 61 64 65 6E 61 6D 65 73 2E 29 29 2E 0D 0D 41 |radenames.))...A| 000006D0: 72 67 75 61 62 6C 79 2C 20 68 61 76 69 6E 67 20 |rguably, having | 000006E0: 75 6E 64 65 72 74 61 6B 65 6E 20 73 75 63 68 20 |undertaken such | 000006F0: 64 69 73 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 74 |dissemination, t| 00000700: 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 20 |he sysop should | 00000710: 62 65 20 68 65 6C 64 20 74 6F 20 61 0D 68 69 67 |be held to a.hig| 00000720: 68 65 72 20 73 74 61 6E 64 61 72 64 20 6F 66 20 |her standard of | 00000730: 63 61 72 65 20 74 68 61 6E 20 61 20 63 61 73 75 |care than a casu| 00000740: 61 6C 20 64 69 73 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 6F 72 20 |al disseminator | 00000750: 6F 66 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 2E 20 |of information. | 00000760: 48 6F 77 65 76 65 72 2C 20 74 68 65 0D 73 79 73 |However, the.sys| 00000770: 6F 70 20 6F 66 66 65 72 73 20 6E 6F 20 67 75 61 |op offers no gua| 00000780: 72 61 6E 74 79 20 6F 66 20 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 |ranty of content| 00000790: 73 20 6F 72 20 77 61 72 72 61 6E 74 79 20 61 73 |s or warranty as| 000007A0: 20 74 6F 20 66 69 74 6E 65 73 73 20 6F 66 20 70 | to fitness of p| 000007B0: 72 6F 64 75 63 74 2E 0D 4E 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 |roduct..Neither | 000007C0: 64 6F 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 20 64 |does the sysop d| 000007D0: 69 63 74 61 74 65 20 6F 72 20 72 65 63 63 6F 6D |ictate or reccom| 000007E0: 6D 65 6E 64 20 73 75 63 68 20 70 72 6F 64 75 63 |mend such produc| 000007F0: 74 20 66 6F 72 20 61 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6C |t for a particul| 00000800: 61 72 0D 70 75 72 70 6F 73 65 2E 0D 0D 50 48 41 |ar.purpose...PHA| 00000810: 53 45 20 54 57 4F 0D 0D 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 |SE TWO..It was a| 00000820: 6C 73 6F 20 65 6E 65 76 69 74 61 62 6C 65 20 74 |lso enevitable t| 00000830: 68 61 74 20 61 20 6C 61 77 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 |hat a law would | 00000840: 62 65 20 70 61 73 73 65 64 20 73 6F 6D 65 77 68 |be passed somewh| 00000850: 65 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 6D |ere that would m| 00000860: 61 6B 65 20 69 74 0D 61 20 63 72 69 6D 65 20 74 |ake it.a crime t| 00000870: 6F 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 |o use the comput| 00000880: 65 72 20 69 6E 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 61 6E 63 |er in furtheranc| 00000890: 65 20 6F 66 20 63 72 69 6D 69 6E 61 6C 20 61 63 |e of criminal ac| 000008A0: 74 69 76 69 74 69 65 73 2E 20 4E 6F 77 20 61 0D |tivities. Now a.| 000008B0: 43 61 6C 69 66 6F 72 6E 69 61 20 73 79 73 6F 70 |California sysop| 000008C0: 20 68 61 73 20 66 65 6C 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 6F | has felt the fo| 000008D0: 72 63 65 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 6C 61 77 20 69 |rce of the law i| 000008E0: 6E 20 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 77 69 74 |n connection wit| 000008F0: 68 20 68 69 73 20 75 73 65 20 6F 66 20 61 0D 63 |h his use of a.c| 00000900: 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 2E 0D 0D 54 68 69 73 20 61 |omputer...This a| 00000910: 75 74 68 6F 72 20 68 61 73 20 6E 6F 20 68 61 72 |uthor has no har| 00000920: 64 20 66 61 63 74 73 20 74 6F 20 70 72 6F 63 65 |d facts to proce| 00000930: 65 64 20 6F 6E 20 61 73 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 |ed on as to the | 00000940: 65 76 65 6E 74 73 20 6C 65 61 64 69 6E 67 20 74 |events leading t| 00000950: 6F 20 74 68 65 0D 65 76 65 6E 74 2C 20 6E 6F 72 |o the.event, nor| 00000960: 20 61 6D 20 49 20 61 77 61 72 65 20 6F 66 20 74 | am I aware of t| 00000970: 68 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 63 20 63 68 61 72 |he specific char| 00000980: 67 65 73 20 6C 6F 64 67 65 64 20 61 67 61 69 6E |ges lodged again| 00000990: 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 2E 20 42 61 |st the sysop. Ba| 000009A0: 73 65 64 0D 6F 6E 20 73 65 63 6F 6E 64 2D 68 61 |sed.on second-ha| 000009B0: 6E 64 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 67 |nd information g| 000009C0: 61 69 6E 65 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 52 |ained from the R| 000009D0: 43 50 4D 20 6E 65 74 77 6F 72 6B 2C 20 49 20 63 |CPM network, I c| 000009E0: 61 6E 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 65 6E 67 61 67 65 20 69 |an only engage i| 000009F0: 6E 0D 73 6F 6D 65 20 73 70 65 63 75 6C 61 74 69 |n.some speculati| 00000A00: 6F 6E 73 20 61 6E 64 20 61 73 73 75 6D 70 74 69 |ons and assumpti| 00000A10: 6F 6E 73 2E 0D 0D 41 53 53 55 4D 50 54 49 4F 4E |ons...ASSUMPTION| 00000A20: 53 0D 0D 31 2E 20 54 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 20 |S..1. The sysop | 00000A30: 77 61 73 20 6F 70 65 72 61 74 69 6E 67 20 61 20 |was operating a | 00000A40: 52 43 50 2F 4D 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |RCP/M publically| 00000A50: 20 75 73 65 64 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 | used computer s| 00000A60: 79 73 74 65 6D 20 69 6E 0D 43 61 6C 69 66 6F 72 |ystem in.Califor| 00000A70: 6E 69 61 2E 20 54 68 65 20 74 65 6C 65 70 68 6F |nia. The telepho| 00000A80: 6E 65 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 2C 20 6D 65 61 6E 73 |ne number, means| 00000A90: 20 6F 66 20 74 65 6C 65 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 61 63 | of telephone ac| 00000AA0: 63 65 73 73 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 65 |cess, and the ge| 00000AB0: 6E 65 72 61 6C 0D 6D 65 74 68 6F 64 73 20 6F 66 |neral.methods of| 00000AC0: 20 75 74 69 6C 69 7A 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 | utilizing the s| 00000AD0: 79 73 74 65 6D 20 77 65 72 65 20 77 69 64 65 6C |ystem were widel| 00000AE0: 79 20 64 69 73 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 65 64 20 61 |y disseminated a| 00000AF0: 6E 64 20 6B 6E 6F 77 6E 20 74 6F 20 6F 74 68 65 |nd known to othe| 00000B00: 72 0D 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 65 6E 74 68 75 |r.computer enthu| 00000B10: 73 69 61 73 74 73 20 61 63 72 6F 73 73 20 74 68 |siasts across th| 00000B20: 65 20 55 2E 53 2E 20 50 72 65 73 75 6D 61 62 6C |e U.S. Presumabl| 00000B30: 79 2C 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 20 63 6F |y, the system co| 00000B40: 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 65 64 0D |uld be accessed.| 00000B50: 6F 6E 20 61 20 32 34 20 68 6F 75 72 20 70 65 72 |on a 24 hour per| 00000B60: 20 64 61 79 20 62 61 73 69 73 20 62 79 20 61 6E | day basis by an| 00000B70: 79 6F 6E 65 20 70 6F 73 73 65 73 73 69 6E 67 20 |yone possessing | 00000B80: 74 68 65 20 6E 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 20 65 71 |the necessary eq| 00000B90: 75 69 70 6D 65 6E 74 0D 61 6E 79 77 68 65 72 65 |uipment.anywhere| 00000BA0: 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 2E 20 54 | in the world. T| 00000BB0: 79 70 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 2C 20 61 20 73 69 6D 69 |ypically, a simi| 00000BC0: 6C 61 72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 |lar system would| 00000BD0: 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 69 6C 69 74 | have the abilit| 00000BE0: 79 20 74 6F 0D 73 74 6F 72 65 20 6C 69 74 65 72 |y to.store liter| 00000BF0: 61 6C 6C 79 20 74 68 6F 75 73 61 6E 64 73 20 6F |ally thousands o| 00000C00: 66 20 70 72 69 6E 74 65 64 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 |f printed pages | 00000C10: 6F 66 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 77 |of information w| 00000C20: 68 69 63 68 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 0D 72 65 |hich would be.re| 00000C30: 61 64 69 6C 79 20 61 76 61 69 6C 61 62 6C 65 20 |adily available | 00000C40: 74 6F 20 6F 74 68 65 72 73 20 61 6E 64 20 74 6F |to others and to| 00000C50: 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 | which informati| 00000C60: 6F 6E 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 61 64 64 65 |on could be adde| 00000C70: 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 6F 73 65 0D 6F 74 68 65 72 |d by those.other| 00000C80: 73 2E 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 6F 6E |s. This addition| 00000C90: 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 61 63 63 6F 6D 70 | could be accomp| 00000CA0: 6C 69 73 68 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 6F 75 74 20 74 |lished without t| 00000CB0: 68 65 20 69 6E 74 65 72 76 65 6E 74 69 6F 6E 20 |he intervention | 00000CC0: 6F 66 20 74 68 65 0D 73 79 73 6F 70 2E 20 49 6E |of the.sysop. In| 00000CD0: 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 73 65 6E 63 65 20 6F 66 20 | the absence of | 00000CE0: 74 65 64 69 6F 75 73 2C 20 74 69 6D 65 2D 63 6F |tedious, time-co| 00000CF0: 6E 73 75 6D 69 6E 67 20 73 63 61 6E 6E 69 6E 67 |nsuming scanning| 00000D00: 20 74 65 63 68 6E 69 71 75 65 73 2C 20 74 68 61 | techniques, tha| 00000D10: 74 0D 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 63 6F |t.information co| 00000D20: 75 6C 64 20 65 78 69 73 74 20 66 6F 72 20 73 6F |uld exist for so| 00000D30: 6D 65 20 74 69 6D 65 20 77 69 74 68 6F 75 74 20 |me time without | 00000D40: 74 68 65 20 6B 6E 6F 77 6C 65 64 67 65 20 6F 66 |the knowledge of| 00000D50: 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 2E 0D 0D 49 6E 20 | the sysop...In | 00000D60: 74 68 65 20 69 6E 73 74 61 6E 74 20 63 61 73 65 |the instant case| 00000D70: 2C 20 61 20 74 65 6C 65 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 63 68 |, a telephone ch| 00000D80: 61 72 67 65 20 63 61 72 64 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 |arge card number| 00000D90: 20 77 61 73 20 61 70 70 61 72 65 6E 74 6C 79 20 | was apparently | 00000DA0: 69 6E 73 65 72 74 65 64 0D 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 |inserted.into th| 00000DB0: 65 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 20 61 6E 64 20 72 65 73 |e system and res| 00000DC0: 69 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 66 6F 72 20 73 |ided there for s| 00000DD0: 6F 6D 65 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 44 75 65 20 74 6F |ome time. 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Ag| 00000EC0: 61 69 6E 2C 20 61 6C 6C 65 67 65 64 6C 79 2C 20 |ain, allegedly, | 00000ED0: 74 68 65 20 65 71 75 69 70 6D 65 6E 74 20 77 61 |the equipment wa| 00000EE0: 73 0D 69 6E 73 70 65 63 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 70 |s.inspected by p| 00000EF0: 65 72 73 6F 6E 73 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 |ersons other tha| 00000F00: 6E 20 6C 61 77 20 65 6E 66 6F 72 63 65 6D 65 6E |n law enforcemen| 00000F10: 74 20 61 75 74 68 6F 72 69 74 69 65 73 20 28 50 |t authorities (P| 00000F20: 41 43 54 45 4C 3F 29 2C 20 61 6E 64 0D 6C 61 74 |ACTEL?), and.lat| 00000F30: 65 72 20 72 65 74 75 72 6E 65 64 20 74 6F 20 74 |er returned to t| 00000F40: 68 65 20 73 79 73 6F 70 2E 20 49 74 20 73 68 6F |he sysop. 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If the opp| 00002670: 6F 73 69 74 65 20 77 65 72 65 0D 74 72 75 65 2C |osite were.true,| 00002680: 20 61 6C 6C 20 6F 66 20 75 73 20 77 68 6F 20 68 | all of us who h| 00002690: 61 76 65 20 62 6F 75 67 68 74 20 61 6E 64 20 72 |ave bought and r| 000026A0: 65 61 64 20 61 20 22 73 63 61 6E 64 61 6C 20 73 |ead a "scandal s| 000026B0: 68 65 65 74 22 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 6C |heet" would be l| 000026C0: 69 61 62 6C 65 20 74 6F 0D 72 65 73 70 6F 6E 64 |iable to.respond| 000026D0: 20 69 6E 20 64 61 6D 61 67 65 73 20 74 6F 20 70 | in damages to p| 000026E0: 75 62 6C 69 63 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 73 20 77 68 |ublic figures wh| 000026F0: 6F 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 73 66 75 |o have successfu| 00002700: 6C 6C 79 20 73 75 65 64 20 74 68 6F 73 65 0D 70 |lly sued those.p| 00002710: 75 62 6C 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 73 2E 20 41 20 6C |ublications. 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No publ| 000028C0: 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 6E 6F 20 63 72 69 6D |ication, no crim| 000028D0: 65 2E 0D 0D 51 75 65 72 79 3F 3A 20 49 73 20 74 |e...Query?: Is t| 000028E0: 68 69 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 61 20 73 70 |his section a sp| 000028F0: 65 63 69 66 69 63 20 69 6E 74 65 6E 74 2C 20 61 |ecific intent, a| 00002900: 20 67 65 6E 65 72 61 6C 20 69 6E 74 65 6E 74 2C | general intent,| 00002910: 20 61 20 67 75 69 6C 74 79 0D 6B 6E 6F 77 6C 65 | a guilty.knowle| 00002920: 64 67 65 2C 20 6F 72 20 61 6E 20 69 6C 6C 69 63 |dge, or an illic| 00002930: 69 74 20 6D 6F 74 69 76 65 20 63 72 69 6D 65 20 |it motive crime | 00002940: 73 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 3F 0D 0D 54 68 69 73 20 73 |section?..This s| 00002950: 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 63 6F 6E 74 61 69 6E 73 20 |ection contains | 00002960: 73 6F 6D 65 20 73 65 72 69 6F 75 73 20 61 6E 64 |some serious and| 00002970: 20 70 6F 73 73 69 62 6C 79 20 66 61 74 61 6C 20 | possibly fatal | 00002980: 66 6C 61 77 73 2E 20 49 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 |flaws. 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I submit th| 00002A40: 61 74 20 69 73 20 73 6F 20 76 61 67 75 65 20 61 |at is so vague a| 00002A50: 73 20 74 6F 20 74 6F 20 66 61 69 6C 20 74 6F 20 |s to to fail to | 00002A60: 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 20 61 6E 20 61 6C 6C 65 67 65 |inform an allege| 00002A70: 64 0D 70 65 72 70 65 74 72 61 74 6F 72 20 6F 66 |d.perpetrator of| 00002A80: 20 74 68 65 20 6E 61 74 75 72 65 20 6F 66 20 74 | the nature of t| 00002A90: 68 65 20 63 72 69 6D 65 2E 20 49 66 20 73 6F 2C |he crime. If so,| 00002AA0: 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 76 6F 69 64 20 75 6E 64 65 | it is void unde| 00002AB0: 72 20 62 6F 74 68 20 74 68 65 0D 46 65 64 65 72 |r both the.Feder| 00002AC0: 61 6C 20 43 6F 6E 73 74 69 74 75 74 69 6F 6E 20 |al Constitution | 00002AD0: 61 6E 64 2C 20 62 79 20 6D 79 20 75 6E 64 65 72 |and, by my under| 00002AE0: 73 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 2C 20 75 6E 64 65 72 20 |standing, under | 00002AF0: 74 68 65 20 43 61 6C 69 66 6F 72 6E 69 61 0D 43 |the California.C| 00002B00: 6F 6E 73 74 69 74 75 74 69 6F 6E 2E 0D 0D 43 61 |onstitution...Ca| 00002B10: 6E 20 61 6E 20 61 6C 6C 65 67 65 64 20 70 65 72 |n an alleged per| 00002B20: 70 65 74 72 61 74 6F 72 20 69 6E 74 65 6E 64 20 |petrator intend | 00002B30: 74 68 61 74 20 61 6E 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 6D 65 |that an instrume| 00002B40: 6E 74 61 6C 69 74 79 20 6F 66 20 61 20 63 72 69 |ntality of a cri| 00002B50: 6D 65 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6F 0D 63 6F |me be used to.co| 00002B60: 6D 6D 69 74 20 61 20 63 72 69 6D 65 20 77 69 74 |mmit a crime wit| 00002B70: 68 6F 75 74 20 6B 6E 6F 77 6C 65 64 67 65 20 74 |hout knowledge t| 00002B80: 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 6D 65 |hat the instrume| 00002B90: 6E 74 61 6C 69 74 79 20 65 78 69 73 74 73 3F 20 |ntality exists? | 00002BA0: 49 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 20 6E 6F 74 2E 0D 43 61 6E |I think not..Can| 00002BB0: 20 61 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 20 69 6E 20 70 75 72 | a person in pur| 00002BC0: 73 75 69 74 20 6F 66 20 6C 61 77 66 75 6C 20 61 |suit of lawful a| 00002BD0: 63 74 69 76 69 74 69 65 73 20 62 65 20 63 72 69 |ctivities be cri| 00002BE0: 6D 69 6E 61 6C 6C 79 20 61 63 63 6F 75 6E 74 61 |minally accounta| 00002BF0: 62 6C 65 20 69 66 0D 61 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 20 28 |ble if.another (| 00002C00: 77 69 74 68 6F 75 74 20 68 69 73 20 6B 6E 6F 77 |without his know| 00002C10: 6C 65 64 67 65 29 20 75 73 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 |ledge) uses the | 00002C20: 72 65 73 75 6C 74 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 6F 73 65 |results of those| 00002C30: 20 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 69 65 73 20 66 6F 72 0D | activities for.| 00002C40: 69 6C 6C 65 67 61 6C 20 70 75 72 70 6F 73 65 73 |illegal purposes| 00002C50: 3F 20 41 67 61 69 6E 2C 20 49 20 74 68 69 6E 6B |? Again, I think| 00002C60: 20 6E 6F 74 2E 0D 0D 53 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 35 | not...Section 5| 00002C70: 30 32 2E 37 28 67 29 3A 0D 0D 22 41 6E 20 69 6E |02.7(g):.."An in| 00002C80: 73 74 72 75 6D 65 6E 74 2C 20 61 70 70 61 72 61 |strument, appara| 00002C90: 74 75 73 2C 20 64 65 76 69 63 65 2C 20 70 6C 61 |tus, device, pla| 00002CA0: 6E 73 2C 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6F 6E 2C |ns, instruction,| 00002CB0: 20 6F 72 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6E 20 70 75 62 6C | or written publ| 00002CC0: 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 0D 64 65 73 63 72 69 62 65 |ication.describe| 00002CD0: 64 20 69 6E 20 73 75 62 64 69 76 69 73 69 6F 6E |d in subdivision| 00002CE0: 20 28 62 29 20 6F 72 20 28 63 29 20 6F 66 20 74 | (b) or (c) of t| 00002CF0: 68 69 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 6D 61 79 20 |his section may | 00002D00: 62 65 20 73 65 69 7A 65 64 20 75 6E 64 65 72 20 |be seized under | 00002D10: 77 61 72 72 61 6E 74 0D 6F 72 20 69 6E 63 69 64 |warrant.or incid| 00002D20: 65 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 61 20 6C 61 77 66 75 6C 20 |ent to a lawful | 00002D30: 61 72 72 65 73 74 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 75 70 6F 6E |arrest, and upon| 00002D40: 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 | the conviction | 00002D50: 6F 66 20 61 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 20 66 6F 72 20 |of a person for | 00002D60: 61 0D 76 69 6F 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 6F 66 20 73 |a.violation of s| 00002D70: 75 62 64 69 76 69 73 69 6F 6E 73 20 28 61 29 2C |ubdivisions (a),| 00002D80: 20 28 62 29 2C 20 6F 72 20 28 63 29 20 6F 66 20 | (b), or (c) of | 00002D90: 74 68 69 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 73 75 |this section, su| 00002DA0: 63 68 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 6D 65 6E 74 2C 0D 61 |ch instrument,.a| 00002DB0: 70 70 61 72 61 74 75 73 2C 20 64 65 76 69 63 65 |pparatus, device| 00002DC0: 2C 20 70 6C 61 6E 73 2C 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 63 |, plans, instruc| 00002DD0: 74 69 6F 6E 73 2C 20 6F 72 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 |tions, or writte| 00002DE0: 6E 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 6D 61 |n publication ma| 00002DF0: 79 20 62 65 20 64 65 73 74 72 6F 79 65 64 0D 61 |y be destroyed.a| 00002E00: 73 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 61 62 61 6E 64 20 62 79 20 |s contraband by | 00002E10: 74 68 65 20 73 68 65 72 69 66 66 20 6F 66 20 74 |the sheriff of t| 00002E20: 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 79 20 69 6E 20 77 68 69 |he county in whi| 00002E30: 63 68 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E |ch such a person| 00002E40: 20 77 61 73 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 63 74 65 64 0D 6F | was convicted.o| 00002E50: 72 20 74 75 72 6E 65 64 20 6F 76 65 72 20 74 6F |r turned over to| 00002E60: 20 74 68 65 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 20 70 72 6F 76 | the person prov| 00002E70: 69 64 69 6E 67 20 74 65 6C 65 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 |iding telephone | 00002E80: 6F 72 20 74 65 6C 65 67 72 61 70 68 20 73 65 72 |or telegraph ser| 00002E90: 76 69 63 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 0D 74 65 72 72 |vice in the.terr| 00002EA0: 69 74 6F 72 79 20 69 6E 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 |itory in which t| 00002EB0: 68 65 20 73 61 6D 65 20 77 61 73 20 73 65 69 7A |he same was seiz| 00002EC0: 65 64 2E 22 0D 0D 51 75 65 72 79 3F 3A 20 43 61 |ed."..Query?: Ca| 00002ED0: 6E 20 61 6E 20 69 6E 73 74 72 75 6D 65 6E 74 2C |n an instrument,| 00002EE0: 20 61 70 70 61 72 61 74 75 73 2C 20 65 74 63 2E | apparatus, etc.| 00002EF0: 20 62 65 20 64 65 73 74 72 6F 79 65 64 20 6F 72 | be destroyed or| 00002F00: 20 74 75 72 6E 65 64 20 6F 76 65 72 20 74 6F 20 | turned over to | 00002F10: 74 68 65 0D 74 65 6C 65 63 6F 6D 6D 75 6E 69 63 |the.telecommunic| 00002F20: 61 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 20 28 |ations service (| 00002F30: 50 41 43 54 45 4C 29 20 70 72 69 6F 72 20 74 6F |PACTEL) prior to| 00002F40: 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 63 74 69 6F 6E 3F 0D 0D 49 66 | conviction?..If| 00002F50: 2C 20 61 73 20 72 65 70 6F 72 74 65 64 20 6F 6E |, as reported on| 00002F60: 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 74 2C 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 | the net, the sy| 00002F70: 73 74 65 6D 20 77 61 73 20 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 |stem was release| 00002F80: 64 20 62 79 20 6C 61 77 20 6F 66 66 69 63 69 61 |d by law officia| 00002F90: 6C 73 20 74 6F 20 50 41 43 54 45 4C 0D 66 6F 72 |ls to PACTEL.for| 00002FA0: 20 69 6E 73 70 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 49 20 71 | inspection, I q| 00002FB0: 75 65 73 74 69 6F 6E 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 |uestion whether | 00002FC0: 74 68 65 20 6C 65 67 61 6C 20 64 6F 63 74 72 69 |the legal doctri| 00002FD0: 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 22 63 68 61 69 6E 20 6F 66 20 |ne of "chain of | 00002FE0: 65 76 69 64 65 6E 63 65 22 0D 77 61 73 20 6F 62 |evidence".was ob| 00002FF0: 73 65 72 76 65 64 2E 20 49 74 20 73 68 6F 75 6C |served. It shoul| 00003000: 64 20 62 65 20 6F 62 76 69 6F 75 73 20 74 6F 20 |d be obvious to | 00003010: 74 68 65 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 6F 66 20 74 |the readers of t| 00003020: 68 69 73 20 61 6E 61 6C 79 73 69 73 20 74 68 61 |his analysis tha| 00003030: 74 20 6D 75 63 68 0D 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 |t much.could hav| 00003040: 65 20 62 65 20 22 61 64 64 65 64 22 20 74 6F 20 |e be "added" to | 00003050: 74 68 65 20 69 6E 66 6F 20 62 61 73 65 20 61 66 |the info base af| 00003060: 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 65 71 75 69 70 6D 65 6E |ter the equipmen| 00003070: 74 20 6C 65 66 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 6F 73 73 65 |t left the posse| 00003080: 73 73 69 6F 6E 0D 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 |ssion.of the sys| 00003090: 6F 70 2E 20 50 61 72 64 6F 6E 20 6D 79 20 73 75 |op. Pardon my su| 000030A0: 73 70 69 63 69 6F 6E 2C 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 64 |spicion, but I d| 000030B0: 6F 20 6E 6F 74 20 74 72 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 |o not trust the | 000030C0: 6F 70 70 6F 73 69 74 69 6F 6E 2E 20 49 20 61 6C |opposition. I al| 000030D0: 73 6F 0D 68 61 76 65 20 61 6E 20 69 6E 68 65 72 |so.have an inher| 000030E0: 65 6E 74 20 64 69 73 2D 74 72 75 73 74 20 6F 66 |ent dis-trust of| 000030F0: 20 6C 61 77 20 65 6E 66 6F 72 63 65 6D 65 6E 74 | law enforcement| 00003100: 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 6E 65 6C 2E 20 49 20 6D 69 | personnel. I mi| 00003110: 67 68 74 20 62 65 20 66 61 72 20 6C 65 73 73 0D |ght be far less.| 00003120: 73 75 73 70 69 63 69 6F 75 73 20 6F 66 20 69 6E |suspicious of in| 00003130: 64 65 70 65 6E 64 61 6E 74 20 74 68 69 72 64 20 |dependant third | 00003140: 70 61 72 74 79 20 65 78 61 6D 69 6E 65 72 73 2E |party examiners.| 00003150: 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 76 69 64 65 6E 63 65 | If the evidence| 00003160: 20 69 73 20 22 74 61 69 6E 74 65 64 22 0D 69 74 | is "tainted".it| 00003170: 20 6D 75 73 74 20 61 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 73 75 70 | must all be sup| 00003180: 72 65 73 73 65 64 2E 20 49 73 20 69 74 20 70 6F |ressed. Is it po| 00003190: 73 73 69 62 6C 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 6F 6D 65 |ssible that some| 000031A0: 6F 6E 65 20 64 65 6C 69 62 65 72 61 74 65 6C 79 |one deliberately| 000031B0: 20 70 6C 61 63 65 64 20 74 68 65 0D 6E 75 6D 62 | placed the.numb| 000031C0: 65 72 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D |er on the system| 000031D0: 20 61 73 20 61 20 22 73 65 74 75 70 22 3F 20 49 | as a "setup"? I| 000031E0: 20 6C 65 61 76 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 6F 73 73 | leave that poss| 000031F0: 69 62 69 6C 69 74 79 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 72 |ibility to the r| 00003200: 65 61 64 65 72 73 0D 69 6D 61 67 69 6E 61 74 69 |eaders.imaginati| 00003210: 6F 6E 2E 0D 0D 51 75 65 72 79 3F 3A 20 49 66 20 |on...Query?: If | 00003220: 61 20 73 65 69 7A 75 72 65 20 69 73 20 6D 61 64 |a seizure is mad| 00003230: 65 20 75 6E 64 65 72 20 77 61 72 72 61 6E 74 2C |e under warrant,| 00003240: 20 64 6F 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 65 69 7A 75 | does that seizu| 00003250: 72 65 20 65 78 74 65 6E 64 20 74 6F 20 61 6C 6C |re extend to all| 00003260: 0D 74 61 6E 67 69 62 6C 65 20 61 6E 64 20 69 6E |.tangible and in| 00003270: 74 61 6E 67 69 62 6C 65 20 69 74 65 6D 73 2C 20 |tangible items, | 00003280: 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 6C 65 67 61 6C 20 6F 72 |whether legal or| 00003290: 20 69 6C 6C 69 63 69 74 2C 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 | illicit, in the| 000032A0: 20 61 72 65 61 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 0D | area where the.| 000032B0: 77 61 72 72 61 6E 74 20 77 61 73 20 65 78 65 63 |warrant was exec| 000032C0: 75 74 65 64 3F 0D 0D 4D 79 20 75 6E 64 65 72 73 |uted?..My unders| 000032D0: 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |tanding is that | 000032E0: 74 68 65 20 77 68 6F 6C 65 20 22 73 79 73 74 65 |the whole "syste| 000032F0: 6D 22 20 77 61 73 20 73 65 69 7A 65 64 2E 20 54 |m" was seized. T| 00003300: 68 61 74 20 74 6F 20 6D 65 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 74 |hat to me is not| 00003310: 0D 75 6E 6C 69 6B 65 20 73 65 69 7A 69 6E 67 20 |.unlike seizing | 00003320: 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 6C 6C 73 2C 20 |all the stalls, | 00003330: 73 74 6F 6F 6C 73 2C 20 62 61 73 69 6E 73 2C 20 |stools, basins, | 00003340: 65 74 63 2E 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 70 75 |etc. from the pu| 00003350: 62 6C 69 63 20 62 61 74 68 72 6F 6F 6D 0D 62 65 |blic bathroom.be| 00003360: 63 61 75 73 65 20 6F 6E 65 20 77 61 6C 6C 20 63 |cause one wall c| 00003370: 6F 6E 74 61 69 6E 65 64 20 22 67 72 61 66 69 74 |ontained "grafit| 00003380: 74 69 22 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 61 62 6C |ti" objectionabl| 00003390: 65 20 74 6F 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 73 65 6E 73 |e to a very sens| 000033A0: 69 74 69 76 65 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 2E 0D 0D 46 |itive person...F| 000033B0: 69 6E 61 6C 6C 79 2C 20 62 79 20 77 68 61 74 20 |inally, by what | 000033C0: 72 69 67 68 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 22 70 65 |right is the "pe| 000033D0: 72 73 6F 6E 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 69 6E 67 20 74 |rson providing t| 000033E0: 65 6C 65 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 6F 72 20 74 65 6C 65 |elephone or tele| 000033F0: 67 72 61 70 68 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 22 0D 65 |graph service".e| 00003400: 6E 74 69 74 6C 65 64 20 74 6F 20 65 71 75 69 70 |ntitled to equip| 00003410: 6D 65 6E 74 20 61 73 20 6F 70 70 6F 73 65 64 20 |ment as opposed | 00003420: 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 20 66 75 |to the public fu| 00003430: 6E 64 3F 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 72 |nd? 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THE ADVENT OF THE COMPUTER AS AN INFORMA TION HANDLING TOOL AVAILABLE TO THE.GENE RAL PUBLIC HERALDED A NEW ERA OF KNOWLED GE AS WELL AS PROVIDED A NEW MEANS.TO TH E POTENTIAL CRIMINAL TO COMMIT THOSE CRI MES. SO DID THE NUCLEAR DEVICE,.THE FIRE ARM, THE CROSS-BOW, AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE CLUB. INEVITABLY, THE.COMPUTER WAS GOING TO BE SO USED, AND IT HAS BEEN. NU MEROUS EXAMPLES ARE WIDELY.KNOWN OF THAT MIS-USE, SUCH AS MANIPULATING BANK ACCO UNTS, GAINING ACCESS TO.DEFENSE INFORMAT ION, DESTROYING VITAL RECORDS, ETC. ALSO , INEVITABLY, THE.PUBLIC DEMANDED LAWS T O PROHIBIT SUCH USES AND ACTIVITIES, JUS T AS THE PUBLIC.HAS DEMANDED GUN CONTROL LAWS...JUST AS GUN CLUBS WERE FORMED FO R AND BY ENTHUSIASTS, SO HAVE COMPUTER S PECIAL.INTEREST GROUPS BEEN FORMED. AND JUST AS VARIOUS FORMS OF INFORMATION EXC HANGE.BEEN USED BY FIREARM ENTHUSIASTS, SO HAS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM BEEN ESTABL ISHED.BY THE COMPUTER USERS...A SYSOP IS THE OPERATOR OF A COMPUTER-BASED NON-PR OFIT ENTERPRISE DEDICATED TO.THE DISSEMI NATION OF INFORMATION TO AND FOR THE PUB LIC GOOD, AND THUS PROVIDES.A SERVICE TO THAT PUBLIC. AS SUCH, THE SYSTEM PROVID ED BY THE SYSOP IN DIRECTLY.ANALOGOUS TO A PUBLIC LIBRARY, OR TO A PUBLIC BULLET IN BOARD AT A PUBLIC.MEETING PLACE. A BB S CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER INF ORMATION SOURCES.SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE ELECTRONIC STORAGE, SINCE EDUCATION AND.DISSEMINATION ARE THE GOALS RATHER T HAN STORAGE...NUMEROUS EXAMPLES ABOUND O F SUCH PLACES, I.E. MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, SHOPPING.CENTERS, FOOD STORES, GOVERNME NTAL BUILDINGS, AND EVEN PRIVATE RETAIL STORES..THESE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DISTI NGUISHED FROM PROFIT ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUG H SOME.ALSO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES (TH E SOURCE, COMPUSERVE, DIALOG, ETC.((REGI STERED.TRADENAMES.))...ARGUABLY, HAVING UNDERTAKEN SUCH DISSEMINATION, THE SYSOP SHOULD BE HELD TO A.HIGHER STANDARD OF CARE THAN A CASUAL DISSEMINATOR OF INFOR MATION. HOWEVER, THE.SYSOP OFFERS NO GUA RANTY OF CONTENTS OR WARRANTY AS TO FITN ESS OF PRODUCT..NEITHER DOES THE SYSOP D ICTATE OR RECCOMMEND SUCH PRODUCT FOR A PARTICULAR.PURPOSE...PHASE TWO..IT WAS A LSO ENEVITABLE THAT A LAW WOULD BE PASSE D SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD MAKE IT.A CRIME T O USE THE COMPUTER IN FURTHERANCE OF CRI MINAL ACTIVITIES. NOW A.CALIFORNIA SYSOP HAS FELT THE FORCE OF THE LAW IN CONNEC TION WITH HIS USE OF A.COMPUTER...THIS A UTHOR HAS NO HARD FACTS TO PROCEED ON AS TO THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE.EVENT, NOR AM I AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC CHARGES LODG ED AGAINST THE SYSOP. BASED.ON SECOND-HA ND INFORMATION GAINED FROM THE RCPM NETW ORK, I CAN ONLY ENGAGE IN.SOME SPECULATI ONS AND ASSUMPTIONS...ASSUMPTIONS..1. TH E SYSOP WAS OPERATING A RCP/M PUBLICALLY USED COMPUTER SYSTEM IN.CALIFORNIA. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, MEANS OF TELEPHONE AC CESS, AND THE GENERAL.METHODS OF UTILIZI NG THE SYSTEM WERE WIDELY DISSEMINATED A ND KNOWN TO OTHER.COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS A CROSS THE U.S. PRESUMABLY, THE SYSTEM CO ULD BE ACCESSED.ON A 24 HOUR PER DAY BAS IS BY ANYONE POSSESSING THE NECESSARY EQ UIPMENT.ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. TYPICALLY , A SIMILAR SYSTEM WOULD HAVE THE ABILIT Y TO.STORE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PRINTE D PAGES OF INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE.RE ADILY AVAILABLE TO OTHERS AND TO WHICH I NFORMATION COULD BE ADDED BY THOSE.OTHER S. THIS ADDITION COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED W ITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF THE.SYSOP. IN THE ABSENCE OF TEDIOUS, TIME-CONSUMING SCANNING TECHNIQUES, THAT.INFORMATION CO ULD EXIST FOR SOME TIME WITHOUT THE KNOW LEDGE OF THE SYSOP...IN THE INSTANT CASE , A TELEPHONE CHARGE CARD NUMBER WAS APP ARENTLY INSERTED.INTO THE SYSTEM AND RES IDED THERE FOR SOME TIME. DUE TO SUBSEQU ENT EVENTS, IT.CAN REASONABLY ASSUMED TH AT THE NUMBER WAS ILLEGALLY USED BY PERS ONS UNKNOWN...A SEARCH AND SEIZURE BY LA W ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WAS ACCOMPLISH ED ALLEGEDLY.BY VIRTUE OF A COURT AUTHOR IZED WARRANT. AGAIN, ALLEGEDLY, THE EQUI PMENT WAS.INSPECTED BY PERSONS OTHER THA N LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES (PACTEL?), AND.LATER RETURNED TO THE SYSOP. IT SHO ULD BE NOTED HERE THAT THE CHARGE NUMBER WAS.ISSUED BY PACTEL...THE SYSOP HAS AP PARENTLY BEEN CHARGED WITH THE COMMISSIO N OF A CRIME UNDER THE.CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE...ANALYSIS..NOTE: ALL REFERENCES TO SECTION NUMBERS ARE TO THE CALIFORNIA P ENAL CODE...AGAIN ASSUMING THE SYSOP HAS BEEN CHARGED UNDER THE FOLLOWING PROVIS IONS, HERE.IS MY ANALYSIS OF THE MATTER. ..JUST AS FIREARM OWNERS AND USERS BEEN PROSECUTED FOR ALLEGED CRIMINAL.ACTIVITI ES, SO HAVE COMPUTER OWNERS AND OPERATOR S BEEN SUBJECTED TO PROSECUTION.RIGHTFUL LY OR WRONGFULLY...JUST AS A LIBRARY CAN NOT REASONABLLY OR EVEN CONCEIVABLY BE E XPECTED TO SCREEN.ALL INCOMING OR "SHELV ED" MATERIAL FOR THE ABSENCE OF SEDITIOU S, TRAITOROUS,.SCANDALOUS, OR PERSONALLY OBJECTIONAL ITEMS, NEITHER CAN A SYSOP BE HELD TO A.STANDARD OF CARE WHICH WOUL D INCLUDE THE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND DELE TION OF.MATERIAL WHICH COULD OR MIGHT BE USED FOR AN ILLEGAL PURPOSE. TO PERMIT SUCH A.STANDARD OF CARE OR DUTY TO BE IM POSED WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO REQUIRING T HE.SYSOP TO BOTH REPLACE THE COURTS IN I NTERPRETING THE 1ST AMENDMENT OF THE U.S ..CONSTITUTION AND THE UNDERTAKING OF TH E IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF DETERMINING WHAT.IN FORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR A POTENTIAL PE RPETRATOR TO SUCCESSFULLY COMMIT A.CRIME . FOR EXAMPLE, THE DENVER METROPOLITAN A REA HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A.SERIES OF SO-CALLED "HAMMER" MURDERS. CAN THE PUB LIC LIBRARIES BE HELD.RESPONSIBLE FOR MA KING INFORMATION ABOUT HAMMERS AVAILABLE OR THE HARD-WARE.STORES LIABLE FOR SELL ING HAMMERS?..SECTION 502. ( DEFINITIONS :).."ACCESS" MEANS TO INSTRUCT, COMMUNIC ATE WITH, STORE DATA IN, OR RETRIEVE DAT A.FROM A COMPUTER SYSTEM OR COMPUTER NET WORK..."SERVICES" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT L IMITED TO, THE USE OF THE COMPUTER SYSTE M,.COMPUTER NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, OR DATA PREPARED FOR COMPUTER USE, OR DA TA.CONTAINED WITHIN A COMPUTER SYSTEM, O R DATA CONTAINED WITHIN A COMPUTER.NETWO RK..."PROPERTY" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIM ITED TO, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, DATA,.CO MPUTER PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WI TH COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER.PROGRAM S, WHETHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE [?], I NCLUDING BOTH HUMAN AND COMPUTER.SYSTEM READABLE DATA, AND DATA WHILE IN TRANSIT ...SECTION 502(B):.."ANY PERSON WHO INTE NTIONALLY ACCESSES OR CAUSES TO BE ACCES SED ANY COMPUTER.SYSTEM OR COMPUTER NETW ORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF (1) DEVISING OR E XECUTING ANY.SCHEME OR ARTIFICE TO DEFRA UD OR EXTORT OR (2) OBTAINING MONEY, PRO PERTY, OR.SERVICES WITH FALSE OR FRAUDUL ENT INTENT, REPRESENTATIONS, OR PROMISES SHALL BE.GUILTY OF A PUBLIC OFFENSE." ( EMPHASIS SUPPLIED)...QUERY?: WHO ACCESSE D OR CAUSED THE ACCESS TO THE BBS WHERE THE ALLEGEDLY.ILLICIT CARD NUMBERS WERE FOUND(?)?..IF THE SYSOP DID NOT PERSONAL LY DISCOVER AND ENTER THE CHARGE NUMBER INTO THE.SYSTEM, THEN OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE ELSE DID. UNLESS THAT OTHER PERSON DID S O UNDER.THE DIRECTION OR WITH THE KNOWLE DGE OF THE SYSOP, THE SYSOP LACKED THE I NTENT.TO COMMIT THE ALLEGED CRIME. THIS SECTION SETS OUT A SPECIFIC INTENT (ACCE SSES.OR CAUSES TO BE ACCESSED) CRIME AND WITHOUT INTENT, NO CRIME. SECONDLY, THE ACT.MUST, UNDER THE CODE, BE FOR THE ST ATED PURPOSES AND NO OTHER...QUERY?: SPE CIFICALLY, WAS THE ACCESS FOR THE PURPOS ES SET OUT ABOVE?..UNLESS THE PLACING OF THE NUMBER ON THE SYSTEM WAS DONE FOR T HE PURPOSES SET.FORTH IN THE CODE, AGAIN NO CRIME. THE PURPOSES CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE.APPARENT FACT THAT THE NUMBER W AS USED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES, BUT IT CAN NOT BE.INFERRED THAT THE SYSOP FORMED TH OSE PURPOSES UNLESS HE HAD THE INTENT AS .STATED ABOVE. THE MERE POSSESSION OF TH E NUMBER ALONE (WHETHER HE KNEW HE HAD.T HE NUMBER OR NOT) IS NOT SUFFICIENT...SE CTION 502(D):.."ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (C) IS GUILTY OF.A FELONY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE THOUSAND D OLLARS OR BY.IMPRISONMENT IN THE STATE P RISON FOR 16 MONTHS (TO) THREE YEARS, OR BY BOTH.SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, OR BY A FINE NOT EXCEEDING TWO THOUSAND FIV E.HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, .OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT." (EMPHASIS SUPPLIED)...QUERY?: IF THERE WAS A VIOLATION, WHO WAS THE PERPETRATOR ; THE PERSON PLACING.THE NUMBER ON THE B BS, THE PERSON OR PERSONS USING THE INFO RMATION, OR THE.SYSOP, ASSUMING HE WAS N EITHER OF THE FORMER?..IT CAN BE ASSUMED FROM THE EVENTS THAT A VIOLATION OCCURR ED AND SINCE A.VIOLATION REQUIRES A PERP ETRATOR, THAT THERE WAS A PERTETRATOR. T HE ALLEGED.FACT THAT THE NUMBER WAS IN T HE POSSESSION OF THE SYSOP IS NOT SUFFIC IENT TO.FIND HIM GUILTY IN THE ABSENCE O F A CLEAR AND CONVINCING SHOWING THAT HE .PROCURED OR SOUGHT THE PROCUREMENT OF T HE NUMBER AND PLACED OR CAUSED THE.NUMBE R TO BE PLACED ON THE SYSTEM FOR USE BY OTHERS. THIS IS NOT A POSSESSION.CRIME ( AS OPPOSED TO POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED S UBSTANCES)...SECTION 502(E):.."THIS SECT ION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PRECLUDE T HE APPLICABILITY OF ANY OTHER.PROVISION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW OF THIS STATE WHICH APPLIES OR MAY APPLY TO ANY.TRANSACTION. "..MORE TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL LAWS ( AND CALIFORNIA HAS THEIR EQUIVALENTS) PROVID E.THAT RECIEVING STOLEN PROPERTY IS A CR IME AND IN CERTAIN INSTANTANCES.POSSESSI ON OF STOLEN PROPERTY IS ALSO A CRIME. E XTENDING THESE LAWS TO A.SITUATION WHERE A PERSON POSSESSES STOLEN PROPERTY WITH OUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE.POSSESSION IS VERY STRAINED. I SUBMIT THAT A PERSON CANNOT POSSESS THAT OF.WHICH HE (OR SHE) HAS NO KNOWLEDGE...SECTION 502.7 (C).."ANY PER SON WHO PUBLISHES THE NUMBER OR CODE OF AN EXISTING, CANCELED, REVOKED,.EXPIRED, OR NONEXISTENT CREDIT CARD ... WITH THE INTENT THAT IT BE USED OR WITH.KNOWLEDG E OR REASON TO BELIEE THAT IT WILL BE US ED TO AVOID THE PAYMENT OF ANY.LAWFUL TE LEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH TOLL CHARGE IS GUIL TY OF A MISDEMEANOR.".(EMPHASIS SUPPLIED )..QUERY?: WHAT CONSTITUTES THE ACT OF P UBLICATION?..BY TRADITIONAL LAW, PUBLICA TION IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACT BY THE ACTOR, REQUIRING.MORE THAN MERE POSSESSION OF MATERIAL PUBLISHED BY OTHERS. IF THE OPP OSITE WERE.TRUE, ALL OF US WHO HAVE BOUG HT AND READ A "SCANDAL SHEET" WOULD BE L IABLE TO.RESPOND IN DAMAGES TO PUBLIC FI GURES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SUED THOSE.P UBLICATIONS. A LIBRARY WOULD BE LIABLE F OR EACH LIBEL IN EACH MAGAZINE ON THE.RA CKS. ARGUABLY, THE SYSOP, BY MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM, OFFERED THE CONTENTS OF.THE SYSTEM TO ALL USERS FOR ALL PURPOSES, T HUS HOLDING HIMSELF OUT AS A.POTENTIAL C ONSPIRATOR TO CRIMINAL ACTS. HOWEVER, HO W COULD THE SYSOP CONSIRE.WITH PERSON(S) UNKNOWN TO HIM TO COMMIT ACTS NOT WITHI N HIS KNOWLEDGE USING.INFORMATION OF WHI CH HE DID NOT 'POSSESS'? NO PUBLICATION, NO CRIME...QUERY?: IS THIS SECTION A SP ECIFIC INTENT, A GENERAL INTENT, A GUILT Y.KNOWLEDGE, OR AN ILLICIT MOTIVE CRIME SECTION?..THIS SECTION CONTAINS SOME SER IOUS AND POSSIBLY FATAL FLAWS. IT APPEAR S TO.CONTAIN A SPECIFIC INTENT REQUIREME NT, A GENERAL INTENT REQUIREMENT, A GUIL TY.KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENT, AND AN ILLICIT MOTIVE REQUIREMENT ALL IN THE SAME.WORD ING. I SUBMIT THAT IS SO VAGUE AS TO TO FAIL TO INFORM AN ALLEGED.PERPETRATOR OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIME. IF SO, IT IS V OID UNDER BOTH THE.FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AND, BY MY UNDERSTANDING, UNDER THE CALI FORNIA.CONSTITUTION...CAN AN ALLEGED PER PETRATOR INTEND THAT AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF A CRIME BE USED TO.COMMIT A CRIME WIT HOUT KNOWLEDGE THAT THE INSTRUMENTALITY EXISTS? I THINK NOT..CAN A PERSON IN PUR SUIT OF LAWFUL ACTIVITIES BE CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE IF.ANOTHER (WITHOUT HIS KNOW LEDGE) USES THE RESULTS OF THOSE ACTIVIT IES FOR.ILLEGAL PURPOSES? AGAIN, I THINK NOT...SECTION 502.7(G):.."AN INSTRUMENT , APPARATUS, DEVICE, PLANS, INSTRUCTION, OR WRITTEN PUBLICATION.DESCRIBED IN SUB DIVISION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION MAY BE SEIZED UNDER WARRANT.OR INCIDENT TO A LAWFUL ARREST, AND UPON THE CONVICTION OF A PERSON FOR A.VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISI ONS (A), (B), OR (C) OF THIS SECTION, SU CH INSTRUMENT,.APPARATUS, DEVICE, PLANS, INSTRUCTIONS, OR WRITTEN PUBLICATION MA Y BE DESTROYED.AS CONTRABAND BY THE SHER IFF OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH A PERSON WAS CONVICTED.OR TURNED OVER TO THE PER SON PROVIDING TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH SER VICE IN THE.TERRITORY IN WHICH THE SAME WAS SEIZED."..QUERY?: CAN AN INSTRUMENT, APPARATUS, ETC. BE DESTROYED OR TURNED OVER TO THE.TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ( PACTEL) PRIOR TO CONVICTION?..IF, AS REP ORTED ON THE NET, THE SYSTEM WAS RELEASE D BY LAW OFFICIALS TO PACTEL.FOR INSPECT ION, I QUESTION WHETHER THE LEGAL DOCTRI NE OF "CHAIN OF EVIDENCE".WAS OBSERVED. IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO THE READERS OF T HIS ANALYSIS THAT MUCH.COULD HAVE BE "AD DED" TO THE INFO BASE AFTER THE EQUIPMEN T LEFT THE POSSESSION.OF THE SYSOP. PARD ON MY SUSPICION, BUT I DO NOT TRUST THE OPPOSITION. I ALSO.HAVE AN INHERENT DIS- TRUST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. I MI GHT BE FAR LESS.SUSPICIOUS OF INDEPENDAN T THIRD PARTY EXAMINERS. IF THE EVIDENCE IS "TAINTED".IT MUST ALL BE SUPRESSED. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE DELIBERATELY PLACED THE.NUMBER ON THE SYSTEM AS A "S ETUP"? I LEAVE THAT POSSIBILITY TO THE R EADERS.IMAGINATION...QUERY?: IF A SEIZUR E IS MADE UNDER WARRANT, DOES THAT SEIZU RE EXTEND TO ALL.TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ITEMS, WHETHER LEGAL OR ILLICIT, IN THE AREA WHERE THE.WARRANT WAS EXECUTED?..M Y UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WHOLE "SYSTE M" WAS SEIZED. THAT TO ME IS NOT.UNLIKE SEIZING ALL THE STALLS, STOOLS, BASINS, ETC. FROM THE PUBLIC BATHROOM.BECAUSE ON E WALL CONTAINED "GRAFITTI" OBJECTIONABL E TO A VERY SENSITIVE PERSON...FINALLY, BY WHAT RIGHT IS THE "PERSON PROVIDING T ELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH SERVICE".ENTITLED TO EQUIPMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE PUBLIC FU ND? THE PROVIDER IS NOT A.GOVERNMENTAL E NTITY, DOES NOT REGULATE THE PUBLIC INTE REST (I QUESTION WHETHER.THEY ARE EVEN I N THE PUBLIC INTEREST) AND HAVE NO LEGIS LATIVELY CREATED RIGHT.OF EMINENT DOMAIN . SHOULD TEXACO BE ENTITLED TO MY CAR (I USE THEIR GAS).BECAUSE IT WAS USED TO C OMMIT A CRIME? THAT CONCEPT IS PATENTLY REDICULOUS...GENERAL..WHILE I AM A LAWYE R, I AM NOT ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN CALI FORNIA, AND I PROFESS.NO SPECIAL EXPERTI SE OF THAT STATES LAWS OR PROCEDURE. I D O BELIEVE I CAN.ANALYZE A GIVEN STATE OF FACTS, HOWEVER. MY INSTINCTS TELL ME TH AT THIS ONE IS.THE PROVERBIAL LEAKY BUCK ET...................................... ........................................ ........................................
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