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This article is from the Star Trek Tech FAQ, by Joshua Bell inexorabletash@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.

05 "Didn't Picard lie to Moriarty (in "Elementary, Dear Data" [TNG])?" (Holodeck and Computers - Star Trek)

According to various reliable sources, that was Gene Roddenberry's
intention. If the paper could have left, Moriarty should have been
able to, goes the logic. Fortunately, this scene was cut, and as
always, canon is what we see on the screen, big or small. This means
the whole argument against replicating people holds - that the
computer cannot store that much information.

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