EFF is a great idea! I'll check it out ... tomorrow.<div><br></div><div>I don't know whether this is true, but are banks liable for storing illegal funds?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Bruce Long <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qstream@gmail.com">qstream@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">That's a great question for the EFF. Does anyone know someone from there?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>
</div><div class="h5">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Ted Rolle Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stercor@gmail.com" target="_blank">stercor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Are we liable?<div><br></div><div>The phone company is never thought to be liable if people do bad things using their lines.</div>
<div>But, the phone company has lawyers that have helped settle this issue in their favor.</div>
<div>I do not believe we have such resources.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's an example:</div><div>Hackers can discuss hacking techniques on the telephone, but the telco is not liable. That is, I don't believe they are.</div>
<div>Hackers can transmit viruses over telephone lines, but I don't believe that the phone company accepts liability.</div><div><br></div><div>One issue that is not clear is when suspicious material is stored on Google Docs. I don't know what they (or the law) would do in such a case.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Are there any federal guidelines that would take precedence over state legislation (in the US)?</div><div>Interpreting every state's legislation would be can of worms/Medusa's head/Pandora's box.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is there anyone with knowledge of the legal aspects of the issue?</div><div>It will just continue to come up in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>And deep pockets have a way...</div><div><br></div>
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