New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license!

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New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 380168 United States 07/03/2008 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! New Computer Repair Law Could Affect Both Company Owners and Consumers * Lawsuit says every repair technician in Texas must have private investigator's license * Licenses are obtained with criminal justice degree or 3 year apprenticeship * Violators can face up to a 4K fine and 1 year in jail June 26, 2008 (Updated July 2, 2008) A new Texas law requires every computer repair technician to obtain a private investigator's license, according to a lawsuit filed in Austin. Violators can face a $4,000 fine and one year in jail, as well as a $10,000 civil penalty. Unlicensed computer shops will have to close down until they obtain a private investigator's license. A private investigator's license can be obtained by acquiring a criminal justice degree or by getting a three-year apprenticeship under a licensed private investigator. According to the Institute for Justice, an Austin-based non-profit law firm, the new law also impacts consumers. Consumers who knowingly take computers to an unlicensed company for repair can face the same penalties. An article from the Daily Texan explains the concern from one computer shop owner's perspective. In the Austin American-Statesman, State Rep. Joe Driver, (R-Garland) explains the intent of the law, and claims it does not place such restrictions on most computer shops. Copyright © 2008, KDAF [link to cw33.trb.com]

JohnnyCarcinogen User ID: 454624 United States 07/03/2008 01:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! Yup Thread: If you're a computer repair company in Texas, you are totally screwed. The latest in government outrage. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 462119 United States 07/03/2008 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! do a search next time attention whore.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 461930 United States 07/03/2008 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! Retarded. Not surprising though. When you have retards running your country, stupid laws get passed.

Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 380168 United States 07/03/2008 02:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! do a search next time attention whore. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 462119 I did. If someone uses a different subject than the article title, it won't come up.
paladin User ID: 462429 United States 07/03/2008 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! thanks OP did you read this from Robert Chapman.. I did not know this was going on..paladin (snip) There obviously is a program to confiscate electronics at custom points. Journalists are being selected for special treatment. Alex Jones, the famous talk show host, recently endured this in Canada, when they were looking for anything they could find to bring charges against him. The D.H.S. refuses to answer questions about the program, such as the criteria for inspection. Lawsuits have been filed challenging the program. D.H.S. refuses to say exactly how common the practice is, how many computers, portable storage drives, and BlackBerries have been inspected and confiscated, or what happens to the devices once they are seized. Those suing already know digital copies – mirror images of drives have been made. Can you imagine what could happen to companies that have trade secrets in their computers and most of them do. The D.H.S. is loaded with criminals as is our government. The Court of Appeals has already said D.H.S. has the authority to search electronic devices. Except for journalists the D.H.S has been preying on Muslims, Asians and Middle Easterners. The D.H.S. could care less about the nightmare they create. They destroy the reason for the business trip. It is totally wasted. Often these criminals hold the electronics and laptops for months just to harass people. As far as we know today they have never found anything incriminating. It is no wonder foreigners hate America. The D.H.S. says they want to catch terrorists, child pornographers and those stealing intellectual property. This is not the America we once knew. [link to www.theinternationalforecaster.com]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 462119 United States 07/03/2008 02:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! "computer" is a good word to use in this instance. DUH!!! do a search next time attention whore. I did. If someone uses a different subject than the article title, it won't come up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 380168
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 380168 United States 07/03/2008 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! "computer" is a good word to use in this instance. DUH!!! do a search next time attention whore. I did. If someone uses a different subject than the article title, it won't come up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 462119 Stop being such a dick and grow up.
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 380168 United States 07/03/2008 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: New Texas law requires computer techs to have a P.I. license! thanks OP did you read this from Robert Chapman.. I did not know this was going on..paladin (snip) There obviously is a program to confiscate electronics at custom points. Journalists are being selected for special treatment. Alex Jones, the famous talk show host, recently endured this in Canada, when they were looking for anything they could find to bring charges against him. The D.H.S. refuses to answer questions about the program, such as the criteria for inspection. Lawsuits have been filed challenging the program. D.H.S. refuses to say exactly how common the practice is, how many computers, portable storage drives, and BlackBerries have been inspected and confiscated, or what happens to the devices once they are seized. Those suing already know digital copies – mirror images of drives have been made. Can you imagine what could happen to companies that have trade secrets in their computers and most of them do. The D.H.S. is loaded with criminals as is our government. The Court of Appeals has already said D.H.S. has the authority to search electronic devices. Except for journalists the D.H.S has been preying on Muslims, Asians and Middle Easterners. The D.H.S. could care less about the nightmare they create. They destroy the reason for the business trip. It is totally wasted. Often these criminals hold the electronics and laptops for months just to harass people. As far as we know today they have never found anything incriminating. It is no wonder foreigners hate America. The D.H.S. says they want to catch terrorists, child pornographers and those stealing intellectual property. This is not the America we once knew. [link to www.theinternationalforecaster.com] Quoting: paladin Wow. No, I hadn't read that. Pretty disgusting. This deserves it's own thread. Please post it if it hasn't already been posted. Thanks, Paladin.
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