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- From: bryce@sdf.lonestar.org (Bryce Hamm)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Computer Crimes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.202405.1822@sdf.lonestar.org>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 20:24:05 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.145246.21938@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
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- > Has anyone ever actually been arrested/tried for *cracking*?
- > Most of the time they are nailed for other related crimes,
- > such as telephone tampering.
-
- Well.. My friend got busted by the FBI for PHREAKING,
- and he ran one of the BIGGEST pirate BBS's in my big
- pirate dayz.. the FBI took all his computer equipment
- and took it.. the software companies didnt have the
- balls to sue him for pirating, and he cracked 70%
- of the stuff he had.. for the group he was in..
- so i doubt anyone does, and i wouldnt be worried about
- it either... the software companies think it would be
- bad publicity if they sued a 15 year old.. and that
- is where MOST of the cracks originate.. and EVERY game that
- comes out is cracked and released in the pirate
- scene.. so i doubt it, unless
- they are over 18 and they
- REALLY pissed the bigboys off...
-
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- I am NOT condoning pirating, i
- quit myself(pirating) in the last
- month due to moral values.
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-
- bryce@sdf.lonestar.org
-