Did you break the law today ??

Submitted by sclausnitzer on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:03am.

According to this article ( http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html ) any IT Pro who "repairs" a PC in Texas without a Private Investigators license will be doing just that.

This leads to other serious questions for our Texas brethren:
- Will this apply to in-house repairs?
- Will your school pay for such licensing?
- Will you throw away every computer at it's first BSOD for the next three years?
- Will this allow PC techies to carry guns?

With penalties up to $4,000, 1 year in jail, and civil liability up to $10,000 for both the tech and the customer, it looks like Texas may soon be forced into "outsourcing" computer repairs.

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Scott A. Clausnitzer
Director of I.T. Services
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
1422 W. Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
P: 404-872-3593 x104
F: 404-873-3802
E: sclausnitzer@johnmarshall.edu
W: http://www.johnmarshall.edu
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Submitted by ander on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 11:32am.

As I begin a book-length research project, I was wondering about current
research/outlining/writing programs. Is there a preferred model at your
school? Or do most rely on more mechanical ways of noting, keeping track of
and reorganizing research material in aid of a written end-product?

Bill
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William R. Andersen
Judson Falknor Professor of Law Emeritus
University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall
PO Box 353020
Seattle, WA 98195-3020
206/543-9385
ander@u.washington.edu
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Subject: [teknoids] Did you break the law today ??

>
>
> According to this article (
> http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html ) any
> IT Pro who "repairs" a PC in Texas without a Private Investigators license
> will be doing just that.
>
> This leads to other serious questions for our Texas brethren:
> - Will this apply to in-house repairs?
> - Will your school pay for such licensing?
> - Will you throw away every computer at it's first BSOD for the next
> three years?
> - Will this allow PC techies to carry guns?
> With penalties up to $4,000, 1 year in jail, and civil liability up to
> $10,000 for both the tech and the customer, it looks like Texas may soon
> be forced into "outsourcing" computer repairs.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Scott A. Clausnitzer
> Director of I.T. Services
> Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
> 1422 W. Peachtree St NW
> Atlanta, Georgia 30309
> P: 404-872-3593 x104
> F: 404-873-3802
> E: sclausnitzer@johnmarshall.edu
> W: http://www.johnmarshall.edu
> ---------------------------------------------------------