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- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 23:25:44 GMT
- From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
- Subject: File 1--Steve Jackson Games WINS! (fwd)
-
- ((MODERATORS' NOTE: THIS JUST IN: Steve Jackson Games has won it's
- suit. There is no word yet on whether there will be an appeal.
- Details
- will follow.))
-
- +++++++ Start of forwarded message +++++++
-
- Originator--jsq@aahsa.tic.com X-Submissions--eff-austin@tic.com
- Organization--Texas Internet Consulting
-
- We won.
-
- Pete Kennedy, our attorney at George, Donaldson & Ford, called me
- with
- the news about 3:30 today. Apparently the decision came in late
- Friday
- while Pete was at the CFP.
-
- The judge ruled for us on both the PPA and ECPA, though he says
- that
- taking the computer out the door was not an "interception." (I have
- not read the decision yet, so no quotes here.)
-
- He awarded damages of $1,000 per plaintiff under the ECPA.
-
- Under the PPA, he awarded SJ Games $42,259 for lost profits in
- 1990,
- and out of pocket costs of $8,781.
-
- Our attorneys are also entitled to submit a request for their
- costs.
-
- No word on appeal yet.
-
- Look for a more complete and coherent account after we all read the
- decision.
-
- Please copy this announcement to all electronic and other media.
-
- Thanks for your support through all this!
-
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