[82887] in Cypherpunks
Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Mon Jul 7 21:02:43 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 97 13:08:36 EDT
In-Reply-To: <199707071515.RAA19807@basement.replay.com>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:
> 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, bu
> > > not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes thi
> > > a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyrigh
> > > 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.
I was studying up on his case just the other day and wasn't sure
if it was all over. The DA fucked up by charging him with something
totally irrelevant and not copyright violations.
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