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- From: dlanglan@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (super-dave)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
- Message-ID: <BzFEID.Gxu@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 22:59:00 GMT
- References: <BzE483.BAn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec17.140305.21762@scott.skidmore.edu> <1992Dec17.175736.27592@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- >>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.
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- >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.
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- "What we have here, is a failure to communicate." (Cool Hand Luke - A
- movie with Paul Newman - rent it if you get the chance.) If I had posted,
- "Hello out there, I have 100 counterfeit copies of Stacker 3.0 for sale @
- $20 a piece," then, the FBI, CIA, Green Berets, and SWAT would be pounding
- on my door. What I am proposing is that somewhere on the net, we should
- have a forum where both sides of the issue of piracy could be discussed
- intelligently. I am not afraid of law enforcement, they are there to
- protect my rights (one of them being - free speech) - and they do a good
- job of it. If anyone takes offense at my stance on piracy, they are
- welcome to voice their opinion; I just wish people would stop thinking
- that they're going to go to jail if they even think about discussing it.
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- >"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- > in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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- Interesting quote for this purpose, eh? ;-)
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- Regards,
-
- Dave
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- I welcome all pirates, wanna-bees, wanna-kills, and others to E-mail me
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