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Chat, Copy, Paste, Prison

Posted by TimSlavin at April 14, 2004

"You are engaged in a chat session with some friends and colleagues, when one of them makes a witty remark or imparts a pithy bit of information. You hit CTRL-A and select the conversation, then copy it to a document that you save. Under a little-noticed decision in a New Hampshire Superior Court in late February, these actions may just land you in jail."

From SecurityFocus. This issue has bounced around a couple days but this particular article appears to be the most comprehensive and thoughtful description of the case and the legal issues for a recent judicial decision in the US state of New Hampshire.

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