[Gllug] OTish: First victim of DMCA

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 11:30, Simon Morris wrote:
> David Damerell said:
> > On Thursday, 10 Apr 2003, Simon Morris wrote:
> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2934621.stm
> >>The story is about a guy who sold chips (electronic, not potato) to
> >> modify the X-box. The idea was to get around copyright protection. For
> >> his trouble he got 5 months home detention, $28,500 fine and his domain
> >> name seized.
> >
> > _First_ victim? You jest.
> >
> 
> Yeah, I actually had one of those moments as I pressed "send". I was
> quoting the article that this chap was "one of the first people to be
> jailed"

I think Dmitri Sklyarov holds that dubious distinction.

Mike.


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