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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: 18 Dec 92 00:06:37 GMT
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- In <BzFDuI.GK9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dlanglan@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (super-dave) writes:
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- >Au contraire! (Pardon my french :-) Piracy has always been a federal
- >offense, enforced by the FBI and Department of the Treasury (i.e. Secret
- >Service). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe I can be convicted
- >on the basis of my writing the previous post. Freedom of Speech, or
- >something like that, I think it's called (check the most current copy of
- >the U.S. Constitution ;-). As I said before, those who feel that there is
- >more than legal issues to be discussed are welcome to e-mail me. Your
- >reply will be held in strict confidence.
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- Software piracy is copyright violation, which has (until recently) been a
- federal civil offense.
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