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Article #236Re: The real import of SJG
From: Jim Mercer
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:18
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:18
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In article <2n643s$5vp@panix.com>, Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com> wrote: >In <CnBC3I.863@reptiles.org> jim@reptiles.org (Jim Mercer) writes: >>if the police decided to seized the operator's equipment, they are out of >>business. they might get their equipment back, but not likely in the >>same shape it was in before. (remember Steve Jackson Games?) > >>the operators were not bowing to goverment pressure, but cowering under the >>fear of police action. > >Jim, where were you? We *won* the Steve Jackson's games thing. _you_ may have won, but i don't think that Steve Jackson Games won. from what i understand, they got a piddly little settlement, and i don't think they got all of their equipment back. their business was interrupted for an extended period, causing them to nearly go out of business. maybe it is a good thing for "the people" that Steve Jackson Games won. i don't think the whole episode was a good thing for Steve Jackson Games itself. -- [ Jim Mercer Reptilian Research merce@iguana.reptiles.org +1 416 506-0654 ] [ "... or you can become a road-kill on the information superhighway." ] [ -- Colin Mcgregor ]
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