Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com> writes:
You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, but not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes this a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyright violation (please correct me if I'm wrong),
An MIT student named Lamachhia(sp?) reportedly operated a warez FTP archive. He got arrested and charged with something irrelevant (wire fraud??).
The case against him was lost.
nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com> writes:
You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, bu not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes thi a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyrigh violation (please correct me if I'm wrong),
An MIT student named Lamachhia(sp?) reportedly operated a warez FTP archive He got arrested and charged with something irrelevant (wire fraud??).
The case against him was lost.
I was studying up on his case just the other day and wasn't sure if it was all over. The DA fucked up by charging him with something totally irrelevant and not copyright violations. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
I revisited the LaMacchia case in an article recently: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1107,00.html -Declan On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com> writes:
You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, bu not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes thi a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyrigh violation (please correct me if I'm wrong),
An MIT student named Lamachhia(sp?) reportedly operated a warez FTP archive He got arrested and charged with something irrelevant (wire fraud??).
The case against him was lost.
I was studying up on his case just the other day and wasn't sure if it was all over. The DA fucked up by charging him with something totally irrelevant and not copyright violations.
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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
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