JMC@SU-AI.ARPA (05/25/84)
From: John McCarthy <JMC@SU-AI.ARPA> jmc - It seems to me that under the usual interpretations of law, in order to prove the system proprietor guilty under the above codes, it would have to be at least proved that he knew about this illegal use of his computer and tolerated it. The seizure of property as evidence on the basis of a search warrant doesn't even constitute an accusation against the person from whom it was seized. I believe that evidence can be seized even from the victim of a crime. It would be interesting to know whether the telephone credit card number was that of some random individual or belonged to some institution against which someone had a grudge.