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Police Blotter: Can Circuit City techs legally peruse files?
By Declan McCullagh, News.com 
Published on ZDNet News: Dec 14, 2007 4:48:00 AM

What: Pennsylvania man accused of possessing illegal images objects to
Circuit City technician perusing his video files and then alerting
police.

When: Superior Court of Pennsylvania rules on December 5.

Outcome: Evidence of illegal images allegedly discovered by technician
can be used in court.

What happened, according to court documents:
On October 15, 2004, Kenneth Sodomsky brought his computer to a Circuit
City store in Wyomissing, Pa., and asked store technicians to install a
DVD burner.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6222794.html

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