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ALABAMA.CCL
Alabama Computer Crime Law
ALASKA.CCL
Alaska Computer Crime and Theft of Services Law
APPLE.TXT
Quick little laugh, its apple's lisence agreement that 'must' be read and agree
ARIZONA.CCL
Arizona Computer Crime Law
BCTEL1.TXT
BC Hell's Crackdown on BBSes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRITAIN.CCL
British Computer Crime Laws
CALIFNIA.CCL
California Computer Crime Law
CANADA.CCL
Canadian Computer Crime Law
CANADACL.ADD
Additional Canadian Computer Crime Law
CHARTER.TXT
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
COLORADO.CCL
Colorado Computer Crime Law
CONCTCUT.CCL
Connecticut Computer Crime Law
COPR.TXT
How to copyright software
COPTALK.DOC
Don't talk to cops
CYBER_LM.TXT
'Cyberspace and the Legal Matrix' very interesting reading
DELAWARE.CCL
Delaware Computer Crime Law
DRUGWAR.TQ1
Atrocities committed against innocent citizens in the War On Drugs
EPRIVACY.US
U.S. Electronic Privacy Laws
ETHICS2.DOC
The ethics of the Neidorf/Phrack case
FLORIDA.CCL
Florida Computer Crime Law
FPRINT.TXT
Drivers Licence Fingerprint Requirements
GEORGIA.CC2
More Georgia Computer Crime Law
GEORGIA.CCL
Georgia Computer Crime Law
GHANA.CCL
A proposed computer crime law in Ghana
HAWAII.CCL
Hawaii Computer Crime Law
HR3515.LAW
U.S. Telecommunications Act (H.R. 3515)
IDAHO.CCL
Idaho Computer Crime Law
ILLINOIS.CCL
Illinois Computer Crime Law
IMPROVE.BIL
U.S. Improvement of Information Access Act
INDIANA.CCL
Indiana Computer Crime Law
IOWA.CCL
Iowa Computer Crime Law
MARYLAND.LAW
Maryland Computer Crime Law
MINNSOTA.CCL
Minnesota Computer Crime Law
MONITOR.516
U.S. Senate Bill 516 - to prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace
NEIDORF.VDC
The final outcome of that Knight Lightning case
NEW_YORK.CCL
New York State Computer Crime Law
NYS100.TXT
New York State Caller-ID service law
N_CAROLN.CCL
North Carolina Computer Crime Law
N_JERSEY.CCL
New Jersey Computer Crime Law
N_MEXICO.CCL
New Mexico Computer Crime Law
OREGON.CCL
Oregon Computer Crime Law
PHREAKSR.DOC
Rights to telecomm privacy. READ THIS!
SF_LEGAL.TXT
Why fonts cannot be copyrighted, according to the US Copyright Office (nyah nya
SWLIC2.GEN
Model Software License Draft
TEXAS.CCL
Texas Computer Crime Law
VERMONT.CCL
Vermont Computer Crime Law
VIRGINIA.CCL
Virginia Computer Crime Law
WASHNGTN.CCL
Washington Computer Crime Law
WISCONSN.CCL
Wisconsin Computer Crime Law
CRIMPUZZ.TXT
Crime and Puzzlement
W_VRGNIA.CCL
West Virginia Computer Crime Law
YOUCRIME.TXT
What you should know if you're accused of a crime
TEST.CAP
Congressional testimony of Emmanuel Goldstein and several anti-CU types
KIDPORN.CCC
The new (1993) Canadian law on child pornography. If you collect GIFs, YOU MUST READ THIS!
CLAW1.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 1
CLAW2.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 2
CLAW3.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 3
CLAW4.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 4
CLAW5.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 5
CLAW6.TXT
Copyright Law FAQ Part 6
EDWARDS.TXT
Edwards Title 18 Test
CSLAW.TXT
Computer Security & The Law
EMAILPRI.TXT
EMail Privacy-Review
EMAILPRV.TXT
Email Privacy Bibliography
ECPALAY.TXT
The ECPA A Laymans View
ELECTRIF.TXT
Elec. Comm. & Civil Liberties
MEDIALAW.TXT
Int'l Communications Law
PRODIGY.TXT
Prodigy Censorship
CIVLIB.TXT
Civil Liberties In Cyberspace
CSA87.TXT
Computer Security Act 1987
COMPRIV.TXT
Computer Privacy Vs 1st & 4th Amendment
UIC.TXT
User Interface Copyrights Discussed
HACKERS0.TXT
Another Law Enforcment Bungle-News Item
HACKERS1.TXT
This Could Happen To You
HACKERS2.TXT
Who's Rights Were Violated
HACKERS3.TXT
Who's fault Was it Really
HACKERS4.TXT
Response To Hackers News Item
CYBERLAW.TXT
Cyberspace & The Legal Matrix
ARTICLES.TXT
Computer Security Articles 1983-88
SOFTMARK.DOC
Software Copyright Requirments
COURT.TXT
Transcript of Craig Neidorf Trial
WAY.TXT
Gotta Be A Better Way
COPYRITE.TXT
Copyright Information (Chapter 32)
CLOSENET.TXT
Closing the Net
CSBYLAWS.TXT
Comsec Bylaws
THEFACTS.TXT
Push Button Felonies
COPYRIT1.TXT
Copyrights & Computer Software Part 1
COPYRIT2.TXT
Copyrights & Computer Software Part 2
COPYRIT3.TXT
Copyrights & Computer Software Part 3
COPYRIT4.TXT
Copyrights & Computer Software Part 4
COPYRIT5.TXT
Copyrights & Computer Software Part 5
ECPA1.LAW
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Part 1
ECPA2.LAW
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Part 2
ECPA3.LAW
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Part 3
SRRAPIST.TXT
The Criminal Behavior of the Serial Rapist
FLCCRIME.TXT
Florida's Computer Crime
ODOMROLL.TXT
Odometer Rollback Schemes
HIGHTECH.TXT
A Low Cost Approach to High Technology Law Enforcement
COMPCRIM.TXT
Computer Crimes - a speech by William S. Sessions, ex-FBI top dog
ELECBBS.TXT
Electronic Bulletin Boards
IDENT.TXT
Identification: A Move Toward the Future
ACADEMY.TXT
Visiophones: French High Tech Security
1CHANGIN.TXT
Counterintelligence Challenges
3FBIPRI.TXT
Foreign Counterintelligence
5ESPION.TXT
Espionage Awareness Programs
HAYES.TXT
Text of the court order which bans Hayes from falsely promoting their escape sequence as the only such sequence safe for your data...
COPYING.DOC
The GNU General Public Licence
10CPMYTH.TXT
10 big myths about copyright explained
PRIGHTS.TXT
Your rights as phreak
MISSBILL.TXT
Mississippi bill to outlaw obscene bumper sticker
PROCD.TXT
ProCD vs. Zeidenberg - what happens when you put a Phone Directory CD-ROM on the Internet
PROCD2.TXT
ProCD lost its case against Zeidenberg but appealed and won!
FAIRUSE.TXT
Posting newspaper articles to the net is legal!
FCC_CNID.TXT
FCC Ruling on Caller ID
CNID_HR1.305
Caller ID US Law
HURTUBIS.TXT
The results of the Hurtubises' appeal of their conviction for distributing child porn on their BBS
CNID_S65.TXT
Senate version of US Caller ID Law
EMPEROR.TXT
Contributory Infringement - is posting a link to someone else's pirate web page a violation of copyright???
MSTRSPY.TXT
The number-one threat to the U.S. National Security was a 16-year-old kid from Britain!
970626.TXT
The Communications Decency Act is destroyed by the USSC Jun.26/97
CORDLESS.ART
Wireless interception by law enforcement officers - the legal hoop
08BUST.TXT
About a hacker bust in Stockholm, Sweden
2600DCR1.TXT
Reports of the "Raid" on the 2600 Meeting in DC
2600DCR2.TXT
Reports of the "Raid" on the 2600 Meeting in DC
2600DCR3.TXT
Reports of the "Raid" on the 2600 Meeting in DC
2600DCRP.TXT
Reports of the "Raid" on the 2600 Meeting in DC
2600RAID.TXT
More on the 2600 meeting that was raided in DC
612BUST.DOC
Feds bust BBSers in 612 area code
A_LEGIS.TXT
From CPSR: Campaign for public access to Congress' LEGIS system
ACOPBBS.TXT
A cop BBS news article (1985)
ARTICLEO.DOC
Hackers busted - newspaper article
AUBURN.NWS
Vigilante justice is legal in the war on drugs - news article on the court case which established this example of fucked U.S. justice
BBS_SUIT.TXT
A sysop gets sued for changing a message
BBSBS.TXT
St. Louis BBS busted by FBI for porno (1993)
BBSBUST.TXT
Pirate software BBS busted by FBI/SPA (1993)
BBSFALL.TXT
The fall of a BBS. (How not to run one) (1988)
BBSNEWS.DOC
BBS News and Laws
BBSTING.TXT
Police sting BBSers. Sysops read this!
BBS_TAX.TXT
Plans in NY to tax BBS info transfers (1991)
BELLBUST.TXT
Anatomy of a Phone Bust, or, "How to Get Caught" (1973)
BLOCKER1.DOC
Phone Company Illegally Blocks Calls 1 of 2
BLOCKER2.DOC
Phone Company Illegally Blocks Calls 2 of 2
CATHEY.TXT
Seattle school principal Karin Cathey ruin's a student's college hopes over a Web page!
CGW.DOC
Computer Gaming World & government abuse
CLIPPER.DED
Clinton announces Clipper is scaled back!
CONTROLL.TXT
Power hungry hackers (Mondo 2000)
CRACKDWN.TXT
The Coming Crackdown (from 2600)
DENNING2.TXT
The US vs. Craig Neidorf, a viewpoint on electronic publishing, constitutional rights, and hacking by Dorthy Denning
DISKS_DO.TXT
Disks & Docs: mail-order pirated software
DONAHUE.TXT
Donahue Transcript about computer hackers (1985)
FBIBUGS.PHK
Phone Phreak Bugs FBI!
FBI_RA.TXT
FBI raids another BBS
FUNNUMMI.NWS
One guy revolts againts Jerry Falwell's Phones
GERALDO.TXT
Geraldo Rivera browbeats Craig Neidorf. Interesting
GETMYUNG.TXT
Elementary school kids in Berkeley get brainwashed about BAD HACKERS
GLENBUST.TXT
Transcript of the CHEK Newscast on the recent IBM pirate bust - a must read for all users!
GOLDMINE.TXT
Phreaks Strike Gold
HACKER02.DOC
Hackers busted - 7/17/85
HACKER92.TXT
More 1992 hacker busts - the MOD busts
HACKERS.TXT
Is Computer Hacking a Crime? [Harper's]
HACKUNIT.TXT
Hackers Unite! (from Newsweek)
HARTICLE.TXT
Article on Pager hacker in NY - CZI
INDICT.FSP
Indictment against a guy who ran a pirate FSP site!
INDICT.TXT
Text of Legion of Doom indictment
INFOONTH.TXT
Computer piracy - news article
INTERNAL.TXT
Computer crime - news article 7/17/85
JACKSON2.TXT
Steve Jackson Games sues the government!
JOLNET.TXT
Usenet story - more fed confiscation
KIDSAFE.TXT
Child Safety on the Information Superhighway
KIDSAFE2.TXT
Caution: Children at Play on the Information Superhighway
LOD.TXT
Info on the busts of two LOD members
LODB.TXT
Legion of Doom bust - 4/01/90
LODTHRT.TXT
Telephones and the Hacker Threat (AP)
LOD_SO.TXT
Legion of Doom Sells out
LOD_SS.TXT
The Secret Service, UUCP, and the The Legion of Doom
MENACE.TXT
The Hacker Menace [Network Security Magazine]
MINNSOTA.NFO
Minnesota Invokes Computer Crime Law
MOD.TXT
MoD members indicted
MOD2.TXT
More on the MoD busts [API]
MOREONTH.TXT
BBS taken down - court case
NEIDORF.TXT
This is a partial xscript of Neidorf's hearing
NIGHTHAK.TXT
Night of the Hackers
NIGHTLIN.TXT
Nightline: FBI, Privacy, and wire-tapping
ODDITY1.TXT
The First Chapter of an odd P\H Story
PHREAKBU.TXT
Captain Crunch - news article
POLICE.TXT
Police busts
PRIVACY.TXT
Notes from the "Computers, Freedom, and Privacy" conference in Burlingame
PROT_INT.TXT
Protection (of mindless sheeplike children from 1 to 99) and the Internet
PSBUST.TXT
About the Private Sector bust
PUMP.TXT
Computer Access Arrests in NY (PumpCon & OctoberCon)
REDLIGHT.TXT
From Maclean's: The Internet "Red Light District"
RIPCO.TXT
How RIPCO got busted (great read)
RIPCOBBS.TXT
Seizure Warrant Documents for RipCo BBS
RIVERA.TXT
Transcript of NICBT: Mad Hackers' Key Party
SECRET.TXT
Letter from the SS about how they're going about computer busts
SIEZE.TXT
Feds sieze computer equipment illegally
SIEZERLX.TXT
Feds sieze relaxation machines!
SLOHACK1.TXT
San Luis Obispo police seize computers because they "think" that people are using them for hacking
SLOHACK2.TXT
Part 2 of above
SLOHACK3.TXT
Part 3 of above
SLOHACK4.TXT
Part 4 - One person's response to the illegal SLO busts
SPOOKS.TXT
The Day the Spooks Stepped on Ma Bell
SS_2600.TXT
Federal Judge Orders Release of 2600 Mall Raid Info
SS.TXT
Letter from the Secret Service about what they're gonna do to all of the computer criminals out there
STING1.TXT
Cops sting BBSers
SUESYSOP.TXT
Woman sues sysop for reading her E-Mail
SUNDEVL1.TXT
Operation Sun Devil news
S_HACKER.TXT
Computer crime and hackers: How do you estimate the undetected?
TDT_BUST.TXT
Fed Busts -- TDT temporarily disbanded
THEBURLI.TXT
Hackers busted, July '85
THEGREAT.TXT
The Great Satellite Caper - news article
TRWSTRIK.TXT
TRW strikes back at hackers
USA.TXT
Something you didn'
USABUST.TXT
Very interesting file about the bust of The Not So Humble Babe and The Grim Reaper of USA/FLT. Letters written by them and about
USAVIRUS.TXT
American agents set virus loose in Iraqi defense computers!
WASHLOD.TXT
An article on the LOD busts [Washington Post]
WILDHACK.TXT
Sandza - the articles that started it all
ZINN.TXT
Article on Shadow Hawk bust
PETERSEN.TXT
Justin Petersen aka "Agent Rat" sentenced
PETERSEN.TX2
Re sentencing of "Agent Rat" - sounds like a real winner...
BGRBUST.BGR
Kids suspended from school for selling disks with bomb/anarchy plans (got up to $20 a disk for the Big Book of Mischief!)
OFFAL.TXT
Another story of net-censorship and enforced political correctness on campus and on the net.
BUSWEEK.TXT
Phone Hackers are Tapping PBXs (article) (1991)
ELIMBBS.TXT
Censorship, BBS's, Compuserve, and the Telephone Company
900FRAUD.TXT
News story on 900 numbers fraud
HACKER02.TXT
Hackers busted - 7/17/85
CGW.TXT
Computer Gaming World & government abuse
CBOWL.TXT
West coast nerds beat Eastern eggheads at computer competition
BUSTNFO.TXT
Information about RCMP and the latest Canadian BBS bust on March 31, 1994!! Download and distribute. A must for sysops!!!!
COPYRITE.1
Copyrighting software and other intellectual works, 1 of 5
COPYRITE.2
Copyrighting 2 of 5
COPYRITE.3
Copyrighting 3 of 5
COPYRITE.4
Copyrighting 4 of 5
COPYRITE.5
Copyrighting 5 of 5
JACKSUIT.TXT
Complete text of Steve Jackson Games' suit against the U.S. Secret Service
COMPUTER.FRA
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act excerpts
800BLOCK.LAW
The US Bill that prohibits blocking free 800 and 950 calls
AOSPRO.TXT
Proposals for laws to protect against hotel & COCOT ripoffs
AOSRUL.TXT
More proposals for laws to ensure equal access
ANSNET.PTX
ANS Acceptable Use Policy
BITNET.UG
BitNet Usage Guidelines
CERFNET.PTX
CerfNet Acceptable Use Policy
COLUMBIA.CPO
Columbia University Computing Policies
COMPUSRV.PTX
Compuserve's Copyright Policy
CONCERT.PTX
Operational Policy for The Concert Network
CONSTUTN.OCF
UCB Open Computing Facility Constitution
CREN.PTX
CREN Acceptable Use Policy
EMAIL.PTX
An Email Policy
FARNET.PTX
FarNet Usage Policy
FRICC.PTX
FRICC Policy on Interconnectivity and Resource Sharing
LOSNETOS.PTX
Los Nettos Acceptable Use Guidelines
MRNET.PTX
MRNet Bylaws
NEARNET.PTX
NEARNet Acceptable Use Policy
NSFNET.PTX
NSFNet Acceptable Use Policy
NW_NET.PTX
NorthWestNet Acceptable Use Policy
ONET.PTX
O-Net Acceptable Use Policy
PREPNET.PTX
PrepNet Acceptable Use Policy
UNINET.PTX
Uninet Acceptable Use Policy
UT_SOFTW.PTX
U. of Toronto Software Policy
ARTSPEC.DOC
How to write and submit articles to FidoNews
VIRGINIS.PHR
Virgin Islands Phreak arrested and convicted
BLOCKBBS.TXT
Can Bell Block "illegal" BBSes from callers?
BUS_RATE.DOC
What to do when they try to charge you business rates for your BBS
HOUSEACT.TXT
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
KILL_AA.TXT
This text actually appears on Amateur Action BBS! Would YOU send this guy $100 for access??
LETTER.TX1
Letter on Sexually Explicit BBS Posts
MORGBUST.TXT
The Oklahoma bust of The Morgue BBS, taken down for porn and ILLEGAL text files AFTER the sysop was busted for some major phone feloni
ACLU.AOL
AOL censors Gay Video Titles
AP.AOL
AP Story on AOL Kiddyporn traders
BILLING1.AOL
Journalist Robert Seidman's first analysis of AOL overbilling
BILLING2.AOL
Steve Case's 15 Seconds of Shame (from alt.aol-sucks)
BILLING3.AOL
AOL Overbilling Investigated
BREAST.AOL
AOL censors Breast Cancer Patients in politically correct idiocy
CHRONICL.AOL
AOL's Multi-Identity Crisis
CINN1.AOL
FBI After Electronic Child Porn, from the Cincinnati Enquirer
CONGRES1.AOL
Congressional testimony on kiddy porn on AOL
CONGRES2.AOL
more congressional testimony on Kiddy Porn on AOL
CRIMMIN1.AOL
news article on the AOL kiddy porn congressional hearings
FSO1.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - Mary5913 banned for typing the sentence "Prick my finger" in a Shakespeare quote
FSO2A.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - LenEBruce boots around various chat rooms yelling about how AOL sucks, but is not turfed
FSO2B.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - LenEBruce continues ranting about AOL's rates and fascist TOS enforcement
FSO2C.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - More ranting on AOL from LenEBruce
FSO3.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - Transcript 3
FSOIM.AOL
AOL Free Speech Online - Instant Messages
GAZETTE1.AOL
Phoenix Gazette's article on the AOL kiddyporn deal
HACKER1.AOL
Text on AOL hackers and AOL's efforts to interdict and exterminate them
JURISDIC.AOL
Jurisdictional wrangling in a lawsuit by an ex-employee against AOL
LAWSUIT.AOL
Class Action against AOL
LAWSUIT2.AOL
Text of the class action suit against AOL
LEDGER.AOL
Article on a man who befriended, and later met and molested, a 13-year-old boy on AOL
SIGS.AOL
.sig's from AOL-hater destiny@crl.com
STEVPORN.AOL
Steve Case's letter about AOL kiddy porn
TFISP107.AOL
Why the typical ISP is better than AOL
VERDICT.AOL
Verdict in Stanley Parker v. AOL: Stan wins
VERDICT2.AOL
About the verdict in Stanley Parker v. AOL
YEAR.AOL
The year in AOL hating
BANNED92.TXT
Materials banned from net sites in 1992
JAKBAKER.TXT
Jake Baker's expulsion from UMich over a post to alt.sex.stories!
INTERTER.TXT
Internet as Terrorist - Are info providers, not bombers, the real terrorists???
COMPUSER.ZIP
Information about CompuServe's compilation copyright
CRAKDOWN.ZIP
The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling. In Windows .HLP format.
CYSPLM.TXT
Cyberspace and the legal matrix: laws or confusion?
DATASSS.ASC
Info piracy on the Black Market
DDI.TXT
Declaration of Digital Independence by Se7en
DIGITAL.TXT
"Digital Underground" A european look at it.
FDP.TX1
Freedom of Data Processing 1 of 2
FDP.TX2
Freedom of Data Processing 2 of 2
HACKCRK1.TXT
"The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling 1/4
HACKCRK2.TXT
"The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling 2/4
HACKCRK3.TXT
"The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling 3/4
HACKCRK4.TXT
"The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling 4/4
LEGAL.GWN
How to run a legal pirate BBS (according to US copyright law, but probably adaptable to Canadian law)
NO_COP.TXT
How to keep the cops off your BBS! <-- This file is bullshit. The best way to keep cops off your BBS is not to pirate!
WHO_ME.DOC
So you want to be a sysop?
KIDDIE.TXT
Are U.S. Postal inspectors framing legitimate Adult BBSes by mailing them child porn? Shocking allegations! A must-read!
WEST.TXT
Sample Phreak/Hack BBS Access Questionaire
COSUARD.TXT
BBS Fones Billed As Businesses
ENTRAPMT.DOC
Entrapment Defense for Sysops
R_ESTORY.TXT
The REAL Rusty & Edie Bust Story
BBS_LAW.TXT
Bulletin Boards and the Law
PARABLE.BBS
The Parable of the Bulletin Board (or, what's wrong with BBS regulation, in a format anyone can understand)
FBI_RAID.ZIP
Info on an alleged FBI raid on several BBS's in the Pensacola, FL area. (12/94)
ADULTDIS.TXT
Disclaimer to use when trading adult files
ANTIFED.TXT
A guide to having a BBS that the feds don't fuck with
DISCLAIM.TXT
BBS Standard Issue Disclaimer
DSCLMR.TXT
Standard Disclaimer for pirate BBS's
WAIVER.TXT
Extremely verbose waiver for BBS with adult files
EFF-FOIA.TXT
US GSA opposed FBI wiretap plan!
PC-BUST.TXT
Cops bust Swedish pirate boards
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