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  3. From: pb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter Glen Berger)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal.computing,news.admin
  5. Subject: Re: What is "pay-per-read"?
  6. Message-ID: <ceRQ5jy00VB9QT9mlY@andrew.cmu.edu>
  7. Date: 28 Jul 92 13:51:43 GMT
  8. References: <23233@alice.att.com> <mwm.17wz@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <23307@alice.att.com>
  9.     <1992Jul28.041449.16469@gtephx.UUCP>
  10. Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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  12. In-Reply-To: <1992Jul28.041449.16469@gtephx.UUCP>
  13.  
  14. forda@gtephx.UUCP (Andrew Ford @ AGCS, Phoenix, Arizona) writes:
  15. > Now that takes the cake!  Arrest for copyright infringement?  Copyright
  16. > infringement is a civil matter (which means the police do not get involved
  17. > -- one party has to sue another in civil court).  
  18. > 
  19. > With a mind of that capacity, it is no wonder you are so confused about
  20. > the contract you entered when you started using netnews!
  21.  
  22. Umm ... wrong.  There are, indeed, criminal copyright provisions.
  23. They are rarely enforced -- and usually for serious "for profit"
  24. scams, but they are there, and they have been used before.
  25.  
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  27. Pete Berger               ||  ARPA:     peterb@cs.cmu.edu
  28. Professional Student           ||            Pete.Berger@andrew.cmu.edu
  29. Univ. Pittsburgh School of Law ||  UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!pb1p
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  31. "You will _croak_ you little clown, when you mess with President Brown!
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