From: the prisoner <the_village@null.gov>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 09:14:19 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Prove it in Court First
In-Reply-To: <3.0b19.32.19961012103434.00760128@panix.com>
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Duncan Frissell wrote:
> 
> >From the Software Publisher's Association Code of Conduct for ISPs:
> 
> "It is also a violation of the copyright owner's rights for an ISP to post,
> or to allow others to use its server(s) to post, materials, like serial
> numbers or cracker utilities, that make it possible for others to execute
> and use pirated software.  Such acts, which either induce or materially
> contribute to copyright infringement by someone else, constitute
> contributory infringement, and expose ISPs to the same liability for
> damages, penalties and injunctive relief as a direct infringer."
> 

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This is supposed to have a legal basis?

Duncan, it's even easier. Here ya go:

1. Buy a copy of Windows 95.
2. Install it on a machine.
3. Install it on a second machine.

There, SPA: you can now go sue every ISP from which every reader of
this list obtains their mail.  They have just published information 
on how to pirate Windows '95.