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Re: Copyrights. (The thread that wouldn't die)
- Subject: Re: Copyrights. (The thread that wouldn't die)
- From: mnementh@netcom.com (David R. Villegas)
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 20:53:21 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Ministry of Love - Room 101
- References: <30l02i$9t0@uuneo.neosoft.com> <30r7j3$4jq@sundog.tiac.net> <315st6$ns8@blackice.winternet.com>
rwifall@NMSU.edu (Richard Wifall) wrote:
> : 8) Oh, so copyright violation isn't a crime or anything?
> :
> : Actually, recently in the USA commercial copyright
> : violations involving more than 10 copies and/or value over
> : $2500 was made a felony. So watch out. (At least you get
> : the protections of criminal law.)
I don't have a reference handy at the moment but a few months ago a student
was arrested for making PC software available via ftp on a machine at MIT.
And a few years ago all the vendors selling bootleg Simpsons t-shirts in
Washington DC were caught in a police sweep.