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Re: Perlmonk needs your help!

by CountZero (Bishop)
on Jul 01, 2005 at 09:09 UTC ( [id://471601]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Perlmonk needs your help!

Did you notice that the search warrant ordered to impound "scanners" and "LCD/CRT video devices"?

As if they would still contain images of the "stolen" trade secrets.

Speaking of cluelesscluelessness lawyers and court officials! It is the same as examining the retina of a murder victim, to see if it still has the imprint of the face of the murderer.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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Re^2: Perlmonk needs your help!
by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Jul 02, 2005 at 00:18 UTC

    It's actually cluelessness, but in a good way. They know ahead of time that they don't know which items might be important evidence. Law enforcement officials collect everything and sort it out later. It's really hard to go back for something that you find out you should have collected but didn't.

    Seizing equipment is not just for digital evidence either. There might be physical evidence. At the beginning, you don't always know what is important and what isn't, what belongs to whom, and so on.

    Your analogy to the murder victim is invalid though. Law enforcement and court officials will have access to the evidence. Also, a coronor won't necessarily not do parts of an autopsy because someone already told them what happened. Examination does not only support a story, but also rules out other stories.

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    brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>

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