Illegal control = Conversion = at least a tort, but could also be a crime. On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:05 PM, William Pitcock wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:48 -0400, David Krider wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 16:47 -0500, William Pitcock wrote: >>> Surely even at DeVry they teach that if you refuse to hand over >>> passwords for property that is not legally yours, that you are >>> committing a crime. I mean, think about it, it's effectively theft, in >>> the same sense that if you refuse to hand over the keys for a car that >>> you don't own, you're committing theft of an automobile. >> >> I've seen a dismissed employee withhold a password. The owner of the >> company threatened legal action, considering it, like you, theft. My >> father-in-law is an attorney, so I asked him about the situation. He >> said that it wouldn't be called "theft," rather "illegal control." > > Same difference, he still committed a crime and anyone who is defending > him seems to not understand this. Whatever we want to call that crime, > it's still a crime, and he got the appropriate penalty. > > William > >
