Re: News items from a2central.com

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

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" in
there. 
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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."