Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ittvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!long From: long@ittvax.UUCP (H. Morrow Long) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: new twist on computer "crime" and law Message-ID: <1511@ittvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 09:20:53 EDT Article-I.D.: ittvax.1511 Posted: Wed Sep 26 09:20:53 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:50:25 EDT References: <3716@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: ITT-ATC, Stratford Ct. Lines: 32 > CC: > > > > For those of you following the "work-at-home" legal debate which > has surrounded some New England knitters, there is an interesting twist > to that story which hits close to home. As part of the relentless > effort by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union to maintain > that law, the AFL-CIO has passed resolutions indicating their position on > other "work-at-home" situations. In particular, they passed a resolution > favoring the passage of a law regulating computer work at home similar to > the law used against the New England knitters. Of course, it is unclear > what the extent of such a law would be, but it would definitely effect all > those solitary hackers putting out nifty utilities for PC's as a profitable > hobby. In this case, hacker does = criminal; someone could be prosecuted > for programming at home just like the knitters in New England. > > > Joe Falcone > Eastern Research Laboratory decwrl! > Digital Equipment Corporation decvax!deccra!jrf > Hudson, Massachusetts tardis! I saw the piece CBS "60 minutes" did on this issue and it appeared that the AFL-CIO was also trying to stamp out the advance of "telecommuting". Is this true? If so, I think we should send mail to our congresspersons. H. Morrow Long decvax!ittvax!long