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Re: Moderation



Michael Murray <amurray@cdc.net> wrote
>
> And you *are* pirates.  The law actually has this to say on the subject of
> software piracy:
>
> U.S. Code : Title 17, Section 506, Paragraph A:
>
>     (a) Criminal Infringement. - Any person who infringes a copyright
>     willfully either -
>         (1) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial
>         gain, or
>         (2) by the reproduction or distribution, including by
>             electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more
>             copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which
>             have a total retail value of more than $1,000, shall be
>             punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, United
>             States Code. For purposes of this subsection, evidence of
>             reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself,
>             shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement.
>

OK, this gets you added to my killfile. Bye bye!
-Paul