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>>I recall reading an article in the Wall St. Journal the other day
>>about the fact that piracy is now a federal offense (correct me if I
>>don't have the exact label) and that many pirates are now pulling out
>>of BBSs and otherwise curtailing their activities.

>I believe the word you want is 'felony'.  If the value (in aggregate)
>is over something like $2k or there are 10(?) or more copies, piracy
>is a felony punishible by up to 10(15?) years in federal prison,
>several HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fines, or both.

"What we have here, is a failure to communicate." (Cool Hand Luke - A
movie with Paul Newman - rent it if you get the chance.)  If I had posted,
"Hello out there, I have 100 counterfeit copies of Stacker 3.0 for sale @
$20 a piece," then, the FBI, CIA, Green Berets, and SWAT would be pounding
on my door.  What I am proposing is that somewhere on the net, we should
have a forum where both sides of the issue of piracy could be discussed
intelligently.  I am not afraid of law enforcement, they are there to
protect my rights (one of them being - free speech) - and they do a good
job of it.  If anyone takes offense at my stance on piracy, they are
welcome to voice their opinion; I just wish people would stop thinking
that they're going to go to jail if they even think about discussing it. 

>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden

Interesting quote for this purpose, eh? ;-)

Regards,

Dave

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