Re: Different Idea... (WAS Re: Net piracy?)

[pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown)]

In <30ud5e$afd@bmerha64.bnr.ca>
jeffr@bmerha2a.bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson) writes:

>In article <30t27l$oan@lucy.infi.net>,
>Dennis McClain-Furmanski <dynasor@infi.net> wrote:
>>
>>Someone would still own the copyright, even if it wasn't being published.
>>They would have all the right in the world to thrash you soundly by law.
>
>That is 100% correct.  However, what if they don't choose to thrash you?
>Then it's not only justified, it's legal.

        You're forgetting something here, which is that copyright violation
is a federal crime.  Should they choose to do so, the FBI can investigate and
arrest without any complaint from the copyright holder.  This is in addition
to the civil penalties which can be applied in such a case.

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Dan Brown
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