Employees should be wary of the consequences of breaching their obligations to their employer during and after their employment and should be instructed to return all copyright materials when their employment ceases. Morris was a Ph. D student at Cornell University and had access to the Cornell computer networks. An argument was raised that because Morris had legitimate access to the Internet through his university account his actions did not constitute unauthorised access. Employees who are given access to limited computer resources should bear in mind that attempting to gain access to areas for which they are not authorised may be considered a criminal offence.
Hearsay is something that someone else has been heard to say.
It has been argued that certain computer printouts are hearsay as the computer cannot be orally examined regarding its evidence. This question was addressed in the matter of Rook v Maynard, which was an Appeal from a decision which had previously acquitted Maynard. Maynard had been charged with thirty-three offences in relation to unauthorised access to data stored in the Department of Social Security computer system. Maynard's activities had been recorded in a computer generated log activated by the use of his log-on identification number. In the initial hearing, these computer generated logs were found to be inadmissible and the complaints were dismissed.