Re: News items from a2central.com

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

I agree it is confusingly worded.

"Matthew T. Russotto" <russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com> wrote in message
news:7FCt5.1514$I76.94697@monger.newsread.com...
> In article <Biwt5.2134$J91.204306@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
> Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
> }I don't know why you would think that.
> }
> }506(a) of the Copyright Act (Criminal Infringement) relates to "any
person
> }who infringes a copyright,"  with punishment specified in 18 USC 2319 (5
> }years imprisonment or a fine or both). These provisions cover any
> }copyrighted work, irrespective of medium.
> }
> }Do you have other information as to why books are not subject to the
> }criminal provisions of the Copyright Act?
>
> Oops, I got thrown off by the "electronic means" and "phonorecords"