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Re: Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News




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In <v03102805b0c076d8a7ae@[207.167.93.63]>, on 12/19/97 
   at 02:15 PM, Tim May <[email protected]> said:

>The law will be used against folks like Jim Bell to pile on charges.

Yep, in effect it has made *everyone* a felon subject to a lenghty prison
sentence at the whim of the Lea's.

It also make it much easier for the Lea's to manufacture "evidence"
against anyone. After they confiscate your compute equipment they just
make a few floppies and volia!! Instant felon!! At least under old laws
they had to prove that you were trying to turn a profit off of copies
which is a much harder thing to do.

I for one would not wish to be in the position to convince a jury that *I*
did not create those floppies.

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