home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mksol!mccall
- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.175736.27592@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <BzE483.BAn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec17.140305.21762@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:57:36 GMT
- Lines: 21
-
- In <1992Dec17.140305.21762@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
-
-
- >I recall reading an article in the Wall St. Journal the other day
- >about the fact that piracy is now a federal offense (correct me if I
- >don't have the exact label) and that many pirates are now pulling out
- >of BBSs and otherwise curtailing their activities. I'm sure this
- >won't stop John Doe from copying a game from his friend, but the
- >penalties are definitely more severe now. Bad time to be starting
- >this thread - and using names!
-
- I believe the word you want is 'felony'. If the value (in aggregate)
- is over something like $2k or there are 10(?) or more copies, piracy
- is a felony punishible by up to 10(15?) years in federal prison,
- several HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fines, or both.
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
-