[Noisebridge-discuss] Will they seize *everyone's* computers?

[Annalee Newitz]

Often warrants are for places, not items belonging to specific people.
So yes, Mark is right. They could indeed seize every piece of
equipment in Noisebridge if they wanted to.

So don't make Steve Jobs mad.

Annalee

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mark Cohen <markc at binaryfaith.com> wrote:
>
> In short, yes, they will take any and all community property that could "possibly" have been used in the course of committing a felony. (period)
> That means that if you're there and they decide that someone used NB equipment to commit a felony, they can get a warrant and seize any and all computers/equipment they deem to have possibly been used during the act.
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 3:38 PM, William Nye_COMCAST wrote:
>
>> I noticed these paragraphs from today's news story
>> "Calif. police seize computers in 'lost' iPhone case" at
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176020/Calif._police_seize_computers_in_lost_iPhone_case
>>
>>     According to the warrant that Gizmodo published,
>>     the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office had
>>     "demonstrated that there is probable cause to
>>     believe that the property described herein ... is
>>     lawfully seizeable pursuant to Penal Code Section
>>     1524 in that it was used as the means of committing
>>     a felony [or] it tends to show that a felony has
>>     been committed or that a particular person has
>>     committed a felony.
>>     Among the items seized from Chen's home were four
>>     laptops -- including three Apple notebooks -- a
>>     Hewlett-Packard server, two Dell desktop computers,
>>     several hard drives, two digital cameras, an iPhone,
>>     an iPad and other hardware.
>>
>> My question is, if the police have a warrant for something
>> or other at Noisebridge, are they going to seize the
>> computers and devices of *everyone* who happens to be
>> in the space when they arrive?   Thanks  -Bill
>>
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> Mark Cohen
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>
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