[Gllug] OTish: First victim of DMCA

[Simon Morris]

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"

He certainly isn't the first victim



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