[Probably if the same (alleged) act were to take place in the U.S., the
same raid would happen. Nothing to do with the DMCA or the SSSCA. The U.S.
law in question, assuming the raidee wasn't selling PDFs, is the 1997 NET
Act, which made not-for-profit copyright infringements a crime. Share
sof
The private firm is called Eagle Law Enforcement Systems. It describes
itself on its website (www.eagle-us.com) as "an industry leader in
providing comprehensive jail and records management software to the police,
sheriff and corrections industries... With the addition of comprehensive
mugshot
News coverage of ICANN meeting this week:
ICANN Pressured On Public Participation
Sep. 10, 2001 19:35 ET
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169935.html
'Dot-Info' Opens To Public On Wednesday
Sep. 10, 2001 17:35 ET
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169933.html
Interrupting a hearty debate that's well-met is always rather unfortunate,
but I'll grit my teeth and do it for the greater good of the list. Campaign
finance could easily grow to be an all-encompassing topic for Politech, but
in the interests of keeping your mailboxes to a manageable size -- e
Here's a nice quote (below) from someone who's obviously never visited a
bookstore or magazine rack: "Amazon is not a publisher, it's a store. The
First Amendment was not intended for stores, it was intended for the
press." --DBM]
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From: "Xeni Jardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Declan
[Ralph Mecham, if the quotes in the article are accurate, is one of the
most nasty, snide, and petty characters that I've encountered since I began
covering the federal bureaucracy. Shame on him. --Declan]
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 22:39:37 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Jeffrey Mazzella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compulsory Licensing of Music on the Internet
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:44:50 -0400
Organization: CFIF
Declan --
CFIF recently commissioned a paper (link below) entitled, "Taking" Away
