At 9:01 AM -0500 on 2/27/03, BNA Highlights wrote:
> WIRETAP ACT DOES NOT COVER MESSAGE 'IN STORAGE' FOR SHORT > PERIOD > BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that a > federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that the federal > Wiretap Act does not prohibit the improper acquisition of > electronic communications that were "in storage" no matter > how ephemeral that storage may be. The court relied on Konop > v. Hawaiian Airlines Inc., which held that no Wiretap Act > violation occurs when an electronic communication is > accessed while in storage, "even if the interception takes > place during a nanosecond 'juncture' of storage along the > path of transmission." Case name is U.S. v. Councilman. > Article at > <http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/eip.nsf/is/a0a6m6y1k8> > For a free trial to source of this story, visit > http://web.bna.com/products/ip/eplr.htm -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
