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Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)
On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Brian A. LaMacchia wrote:
> What worries me is the first sentence: "each act of distributing
> software is considered a predicate act." It's not clear to me whether
> this applies to (a)(1) unlicensed software or (a)(2) encryption programs
> (or perhaps both). Notice that (a)(1) says "transfer" not "distribute".
> Perhaps the act of putting Alleged-RC4 on a FTP site is one act and
> mailing a copy to Cypherpunks is another act. That might be two
> distributions and thus two predicate acts.
Of course, when you mail it to the cypherpunks list, the program goes to
500+ people, sot hat's 500+ acts. And who knows how many people connect
to the FTP site, but everybody on the internet COULD connect, so that's
40,000,000 acts. Welcome to a 6x6 cell with a roommate named Bubba that
wants to make you his wife.
____ Robert A. Hayden <=> Cthulhu Matata
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