On Apr 08, 1997 04:38pm, JOE BOSWELL wrote to ALL:
 JB>   Ok PUNISHMENT, for pirates, does anyone know I MEAN KNOW exactly what
 JB> is done to a person found pirateing this or that, Im not talking some
 JB> little 14 year old idiot I mean like 0-7 day or 0-12 Hour FTP with say 3
 JB> to 5 gigs on it of Illegal software, what would happen to such a person?
 JB> I am fairly sure the penalty would be high, It is a federal offence (I
 JB> thought) so that would mean more than likely 1+ years in prison? Charges
 JB> for that higher than that of say homocide?
 JB> cane.
 JB> If there was a charge for deicide, what would it be?
Actually, last I heard.  It was $100,000.00 PER program.  So, those 3-5 gigs
of illegal stuff could rack up to an easy mill or more.
Fred Burgess SysOp TCL Columbus, Ohio (614)475-4997
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