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1997-12-19 - Re: Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News

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From: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@invweb.net>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Message Hash: 2f6cb9b757f6122f7a65dd8ce758638fd0298eda9bce79055a35bd5b3ebaf7ab
Message ID: <199712192028.PAA03374@users.invweb.net>
Reply To: <v03102805b0c076d8a7ae@[207.167.93.63]>
UTC Datetime: 1997-12-19 20:39:27 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 04:39:27 +0800

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From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 04:39:27 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News
In-Reply-To: <v03102805b0c076d8a7ae@[207.167.93.63]>
Message-ID: <199712192028.PAA03374@users.invweb.net>
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In <v03102805b0c076d8a7ae@[207.167.93.63]>, on 12/19/97 
   at 02:15 PM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> 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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