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Intent and ownership are key issues.
There's more to it than the simple reactions posted so far.

1) as an agent/employee of IAC, information/files/documents that he created while employed by them are technically owned by *them*, not *him*.

2) the laptop did not belong to him, but was also the property of the company.

3) deleting files *after* the employee/employer relationship was terminated is a no-no, no questions asked. Once that relationship is terminated, authorization to do this or that is revoked. Whether it was a laptop still in his possession, or a server located in a locked room makes no difference; he wasn't authorized to do anything with the data.

4) deleting files *before* termination could be a stickier place to be, because then you have to prove intent, and content of the files comes into play. If a person deletes files, and they believe that deletion of these files would be in some way detrimental to the company, that's malicious intent and can get you in all sorts of trouble.

So it's not about whining on the part of a company... it's about an ex-employee removing data from company-owned computers. That's called 'hacking'. In this case, they know who did it.
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LOL! I love the targeted ads for deletion programs on this page  ejhonda | 03/10/06
Sounds like sour grapes to me.  shawkins | 03/10/06
not to mention  Monkey_MCSE | 03/10/06
The Laptop is owned by IAC  voska | 03/10/06
Witch hunt  jheine | 03/10/06
He should counter-sue for breach of contract.  el1jones | 03/11/06
Well, actually he CAN'T delete  John Zern | 03/12/06
Deleted files are not meant to be recovered.  johnsmith222 | 03/10/06
Exactly  mobrien_12@... | 03/10/06
RE  triangle | 03/21/06
Stupid opinon  jjerry | 03/10/06
This is Posner, remember?  JJ Brannon | 03/13/06
Wups!  JJ Brannon | 03/13/06
Intent and ownership are key issues.  awflint | 03/10/06
Read more closely.  Anton Philidor | 03/10/06
Thanks Anton  OldMarine | 03/12/06
Self incrimination...  jasonp@... | 03/13/06
Remember this decision...  Anton Philidor | 03/10/06
Another reason to run your own business  Chad_z | 03/10/06
The country can't lose  Shelendrea | 03/13/06
The US Constitution is screwed, Presumption of Innocence is also screwed...  Vily Clay | 03/10/06
what??  ipfresh@... | 03/12/06
Idiots in robes ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 03/12/06
I'm surprised  DarthRidiculous | 03/13/06
So it WOULD have been better  Roger Ramjet | 03/13/06
It would have been  mrlinux | 03/13/06
Ruling conflicts w/ gov. regs. requiring securing data.  JonathonDoe | 03/13/06
Talk about putting the cart before the horse!!!  bnjsatx | 03/13/06
Police Blotter  checkmate101 | 03/13/06
Returning equipment  dmhunter@... | 03/14/06
There is another key assumption made that isn't addressed  bladehawke | 04/07/06
reality check  Dageezer | 03/13/06
So...the laptop was networked at the time of the alleged "crime"? If not..  Ol'Dewd | 03/14/06
The law mentioned doesn't refer to networked computer specifically  Ol'Dewd | 03/14/06
Brilliant!!!  emetib | 03/20/06
am i the only one?  abner_mality | 03/27/06
maybe he just defragged!  baldwinleo@... | 05/09/06
Creating a Climate of Fear  mighetto | 08/21/06

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