I was in my high school's library during lunch when a business call came in. I am starting a company, and on the other side was a venture capitalist calling. I answered the call, taking it outside (it would've run out by the time I got out, and she isn't known for answering calls), but had the phone confiscated. My iPhone has confidential venture capitalist files and data on it, and the executive director said that it was illegal for them to confiscate the property, which her lawyers justified as larceny, which is registered property of the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Roundtable. Their rationale is since I had answered the call, I was, according to my contract, on company time and thus at the time of confiscation, an employee on public property. Does this follow through? I'm in California under the Fremont Union High School District, in case any specifics need be cited. I'm trying to keep this from escalating, but I want to know if the case is rational and legal before getting in.
2007-12-08
19:41:35
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