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- From: gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow)
- Subject: Re: Software Piracy: Felony?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.231117.6041@clark.edu>
- Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa. USA
- References: <930120474@genesis.nred.ma.us> <C18n4L.366@python.cs.unm.edu> <93012218547@genesis.nred.ma.us>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:11:17 GMT
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- In article <93012218547@genesis.nred.ma.us> nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Barbagallo) writes:
- >
- >Well, I see the problem, and I do know about FBI raids but I doubt the FBI
- >would waste their time to grab one guy if he had a copier and a few copied
- >games or so. They'd nab the dealers etc.. (geesh, it sounds like were talking
- >about crack here). The raid on Steve Jackon Games was very unfair... BTW,
- >does anyone know what the status is on that case? Has it gone to court yet?
-
- Please people, lets not confuse the facts, its the Secret Service that does
- computer crime raids, and they are the ones that also launched Operation:
- Sundevil (and others) that was unleashed on Steve Jackson Games. The FBI
- didn't have anything to do about it.
-
- Gary
-
- P.S. I think that Steve Jackson Games VS the US Government goes to court this
- month, I can get the exact info if anyone is interested.
-
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- Gary Snow
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