From: cactus@seabsd.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 15:07:09 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Warning letter from Co$. [any comments ?]
Message-ID: <199501042312.SAA03816@bb.hks.net>
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In article <199501042047.PAA06797@cutter.clas.ufl.edu>,
Avi Harris Baumstein <avi@clas.ufl.edu> wrote:
>i know there has been much chatter on this subject, but are there
>truly any precedents that could hold on the anonymous distribution of
>copyrighted material? are remailer-ops truly in legal danger?  what
>exactly constitutes a trade secret, and what sort of laws apply?

This is oddly timely.  The LaMacchia decision showed that providing a
service for others to use for the distribution of copyrighted material
(in his case, copyrighted software) was not prosecutable under Wire
Fraud statutes.  The judge told the Feds, "no dice.  Stop trying to
applying laws to areas where they weren't intended."

Civil matters are another matter, of course, but that's one avenue
that's closed.
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