BBS Piracy And The Copyright
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Recently, The Toronto Star published an article entitled RCMP seizes
BBS, piracy charges pending. The RCMP have possessed all computer
components belonging to the "90 North" bulletin board system in Montreal,
Quebec. The board is accused of allowing end-users the opportunity to
download (get) com ....
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.... they were not
sure whether this software could be distributed electronically.
Yves Roy, sergeant of RCMP stated that charges will be laid in early
December under paragraph 42 of The Copyright Act. Conviction under this
act carries a maximum punishment of a fine of $1 million dollars, and/or 5
years imprisonment.
Because newspaper articles are very biased in one point-of- view, it
is difficult to look at both sides of this situation. But let us discuss
piracy in a more genera ....
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