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Re: CD of all Files on Asimov





Erik Kloeppel <erik@hypermall.com> wrote in article
<erik-2209961214390001@10.0.2.15>...
> In article <swhite-2009961238240001@pulm-mac2.bsd.uchicago.edu>,
> swhite@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (Steve White) wrote:
> 
> >Oh yes, my lawyer friend explained the Fifth. You see, it applies only
to
> >things that incriminate YOU. You cannot be compelled to testify against
> >YOURSELF (and, courts have held, close members of your family). You
cannot
> >be forced to be a witness against yourself. You CERTAINLY can be
compelled
> >to testify against someone else if the testimony isn't going to be used
> >against YOU.

Not sure how it applies here. The Fifth only applies to criminal trials.
You cannot invoke the Fifth in civil suits, such as when a software
publisher sues you for copyright infringement.

TomZ