password-cracking by journalists...
Nicholas Brawn
ncb at pobox.com
Thu Jan 17 21:08:14 EST 2002
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 03:23 AM, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
<snip>
> "17 USC 1204 (a) In General. - Any person who violates section 1201 or
> 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private
> financial gain -(1) shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned
> for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense..."
>
Does this mean that if you are a private researcher, and
reverse-engineered something for fun or the challenge, you escape the
clutches of this law?
<snip>
Cheers,
Nick
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Real friends help you move bodies.
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