"Irene McC" <substar @ iafrica.com> wrote:
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On 5 Jan 98, cl wrote: (idm) bootlegs, tapes:
quoted 6 lines appears to be legit. About two weeks ago, Clinton signed off on> appears to be legit. About two weeks ago, Clinton signed off on
> legislation which makes it a crime to trade tapes. If you send
> someone a tape and get something in exchange for it, you're now in
> just as much trouble, legally, as you would for selling bootleg
> CD's. Max penalties include jail time and fines of up to US
> $250,000.
Forgive the bandwidth used up in repeating this chunk of message -
but I'm just so mortified and busy trying to pick up my jaw which has
dropped ... this is MAD BAD and AWFUL news.
I'll go to jail if I must - - - damn damn damn.
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calm down irene, don't let this ruin your day. clinton, slippery tho' he
is, can't touch you in africa. i can't imagine extradition proceedings over
a dodgy c90. don't most other countries have something similar anyhow? is
the bpi's (?) "home taping is killing music" campaign in the uk backed up
w/ copyright laws that carry penalties? there may even be some local south
african legislation already in place you've already broken. i think the
solution is say nothing and don't put up a website advertising your
misdeeds :-)
-martin