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1997-12-17 - Re: Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.971217120207.24688M-100000@well.com>
Reply To: <3.0.1.32.19971217115156.00e83da0@dnai.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-12-17 21:03:51 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 05:03:51 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 05:03:51 +0800
To: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
Subject: Re: Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News
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Note that the law is medium-independent. That is, it just talks about
"copyrighted works." So if you copy a few videocassettes, a few CDs, a few
magazine articles, the Feds can still get you if the total value is over
$1,000. 

And yes, of course, it's just one or two pieces of software. In my article
I said three copies of Microsoft Office ($360 at local computer stores).

-Declan


On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Lizard wrote:

> At 02:42 PM 12/17/97 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >At 12:37 -0500 12/17/97, Ray Arachelian wrote:
> >>You have a CD player at home and use a walkwan when walking around, so you
> >>tape your CD's so you can listen to them. Wham! Instant jail time.
> >
> >Yes, if you copy $1,000 worth of CDs within six months.
> >
> At rougly 15.00/CD, that is one CD every three days, more or less..not
> utterly inconveivable, but a little difficult.
> 
> On the other hand, it's one or two pieces of software. 
> 
> 
>

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