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Re: Question for any old pirates/programmers



Autostart ROM wrote:
russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew T. Russotto) wrote:


[Cracking]'s a lot easier nowadays, that's all I'm saying.  But it was legal
back then.


Legal to crack, sure.

Not legal to distribute copyrighted works that you cracked. That's
always been illegal.

I think he may have been referring to the DMCA making cracking
or even the promulgation of cracking techniques illegal...

Thoughtcrime must be just around the corner.  ;-(

-michael

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