[82850] in Cypherpunks
Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Mon Jul 7 12:07:50 1997
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:15:36 +0200 (MET DST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Reply-To: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com> writes:
> > You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, but
> > not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes this
> > a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyright
> > violation (please correct me if I'm wrong),
>
> An MIT student named Lamachhia(sp?) reportedly operated a warez FTP archive.
> He got arrested and charged with something irrelevant (wire fraud??).
The case against him was lost.