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The following is an article that appeared in the Worcester Telegram and
Gazette on (06/11/92). WBZ channel 4 (Boston) also carried this story as
other T.V. stations may have. This article is verbatim from the T&G.
FBI Raids Millbury (MA) Home (06/11/92)
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Copyright Software Allegedly Sold
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By John J. O'Connor - Staff Reporter - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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MILLBURY - FBI agents yesterday raided the home of Richard Kenadek, 46 South
Oxford St., owner of a company that had alledgely been illegally distributing
copyrighted computer software programs, according to a software trade group.
The Software Publishers Association said the FBI raided the Davy Jones
Locker, "a sophisticated computer bulletin board with paying subscribers in
36 states and 11 foreign countries."
FBI spokesman William McMullin confirmed agents executed a search
warrant in Millbury but declined to elaborate. McMullin said no charges had
been filed.
COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS
According to the software association, a computer bulletin board allows
"personal computer users to access a host computer by a modem equipped
telephone and to exchange information including messages, files and computer
programs. THE SYSTEM OPERATOR IS GENERALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MATERIALS POSTED
TO THE BULLETIN BOARD."
For a fee of $49 for three months or $99 for one year, "subscribers to
Davy Jones Locker were given access to a special section of the bulletin
board that contained copies of more than 200 copyrighted programs including
popular business and entertainment packages. Subscribers could download
or recieve these programs for use on their own computers without having to
pay the copyright owner anything for them," according to the association.
A spokesman for the association estimated that more than $675,000 worth
of software was distributed.
Meanwhile, telephone calls to Kenadek's home and the Davy Jones Locker's
modem recieved a busy signal yesterday.
No one was at Kenadek's split level ranch home last night, but at about
8:45 p.m. a woman who identified herself as Kenedek's wife drove into the
driveway.
She said she was just arriving from work and had no knowledge of what
has happened yesterday. She said she had not heard from her husband all day.
ANTENNA, DISK ON ROOF
The home, located in a rural section of town, had a large antenna and
disk on its roof. There is also a large antenna on an adjacent building and
a large antenna in the back yard.
Neighbors, who asked not to be identified, said that Kenadek would be
out at night working on the antennas. One woman said, "I wondered if he might
be a spy."
She said that "there were a lot of men in suits at the house at 7" in
the morning yesterday. They were still there at 9 a.m. when she left her
home, she said.
Her husband said he saw Kenadek around lunchtime yesterday. He said
Kenadek seemed like a nice guy and that he though Kenadek fixed televisions
and radios.
GOVERNMENT SEES TREND
Ilene Rosenthal, director of litigation for the Software Publishers
Association, said, "This is one of the first instances that we are aware of
where the FBI has shut down a private bulletin board for distributing
copyrighted software. IT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES A TREND THAT THE GOVERNMENT
IS RECOGNZING THE SERIOUSNESS OF SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION."
According to Software, the business programs offered by Davy Jones
Locker were from a variety of well-known software companies including
AutoDesk, Borland, International, Central Point System, Clarion Software,
Fifth Generation, Fox Software, IBM, Intuit, Lotus Developement, Micrografx,
Microsoft, Software Publishing Corp., Symantec, Ventura Software, Wordperfect,
and X-True Co. Entertainment programs included Flight Simulator by Microsoft
and Leisuresuit Larry by Sierra.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT
END OF ARTICLE......
MY 2 CENTS WORTH: SYSOPS beware of whats on your boards... You can bet that
all the above software vendors will have a field day with this guy. Get the
copyrighted stuff off your boards. I wouldn't want the FBI in my house
preparing me to become the next sacraficial lamb.
USERS beware of what you download. I hope this guy didn't keep detailed
records of who downloaded what. Thats a list I wouldn't want to be on!