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IP: German cops reportedly raid PDF pirate for copyright infringement
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:34:41 -0400
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 01:31:29 -0400 To: politech () politechbot com From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> [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 software with your friends or family and go to prison if you get caught. I invite Springer to reply. --Declan] ********* From: Tom <tom () lemuria org> Subject: [free-sklyarov] more PDF arrests ? Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:13:22 +0200 User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i this just in on a german newssite: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jes-10.09.01-000/ for those not speaking german, a short summary: someone in munich was raided by 5 cops, PC and peripherals taken, because he allegedly posted a "cracked" (reference to elcomsoft) copyrighted .pdf file on his webpage. the search order explicitly mentions "hacker software for pdf cracking". ********* From: Kurt Foss <kfoss () planetpdf com> Subject: [free-sklyarov] FYI> Computer seized in alleged PDF eBook crack To: free-sklyarov () zork net Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:17:39 -0500 Based on accusations of copyright infringement involving an allegedly cracked PDF version of a recently released book, police in Munich, Germany have reportedly seized the computer and peripheral equipment of a Web site owner. Purchase of the book apparently included a CD-ROM of the contents; according to reports, the protected PDF's security permissions were removed using software from ElcomSoft Co. Ltd -- but not the same controversial application which led to recent indictments for ElcomSoft and employee Dmitry Sklyarov on violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=231
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