Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

I revisited the LaMacchia case in an article recently:
    
  http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1107,00.html

-Declan


On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> 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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