Re: [dvd-discuss] Skylarov indicted for trafficing and conspiracy.

[Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org]

To protect and keep the sacred intellectual property from the screaming 
hoards of hackers intent upon the pillage and plundering of the 
intellectual property of the world YES! That's what the DMCA is for isn't 
it.




"Jeremy A Erwin" <jerwin@gmu.edu>
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2001, at 12:39 PM, Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org 
wrote:

> Associating to perform a criminal activity is a conspiracy (even if an
> associate is does not perform a criminal activity themselves.). The 
> beauty
> of a conspiracy charge is that it allows them to add unnamed persons and
> they can invalidate the defense that He's just an employee doing
> programming and a student- He contributed to this henious criminal act.

Erm. right. Does contributing to a mailing list (vlc-devel, for 
instance) count as conspiracy?

Jeremy