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Re: Hacker CD-Rom

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From: Claudio G. Frigerio
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00
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Just for you information:

"Swiss Penal Code

Damage to data -	Art. 144bis

1. Any person who, without authorisation, alters, deletes, erases or
renders unusable data which is stored or transferred by electronic or
similar means, shall be punished by imprisonment or a if a complaint is
made.
If the offender has caused serious dam-age, a sentence of up to five
years� penal servitude can be imposed. The offence shall be prosecuted
ex officio.

2. Any person, who produces, imports, circulates, promotes, offers or
otherwise makes available programs which he knows, or ought to assume,
are to be used for the purposes of committing an offence mentioned in
paragraph 1 above, or gives directions for the production of such
programs, shall be punished by imprisonment.
If the offender commits the offence for gain a sentence of up to five
years� penal servitude can be imposed."

[English translation of the original and official German, French and
Italian text, authorised by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice]

Come into effect on January 1st, 1995

In simple words: if you sell computer viruses and you know they are
computer viruses you are breaking the law and risk a prison sentence up
to 5 years.

Claudio G. Frigerio
Legal Services (Direktion/Rechtsdienst)
 
Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology and Systems
(Bundesamt f�r Informatik)
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From: claudio.frigerio@bfi.admin.ch (Claudio G. Frigerio)
Subject: Re: Hacker CD-Rom
Date: 1996/02/12
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