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- Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 17 Dec 92 18:55:36 GMT
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- In <1992Dec17.140305.21762@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
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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. 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!
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- Piracy is a copyright violation. Under a (relatively) new law, Large
- copyright violations can be felonies. (Large means, as I recall, making
- at least 10 copies with a (total) value of $10,000. (Value may be pretty
- much wholesale, for software.)
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- I am not a lawyer.
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