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[FYI] BSA Files Lawsuit Against 25 Individuals for Alleged Piracy in High-Speed IRC Channel
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- Subject: [FYI] BSA Files Lawsuit Against 25 Individuals for Alleged Piracy in High-Speed IRC Channel
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:59:43 +0200
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http://www.bsa.org/pressbox/enforcement/index.html?/pressbox/enforceme
nt/942331921.html
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SOFTWARE WATCHDOG ATTACKS CYBERPIRACY
BSA Files Lawsuit Against 25 Individuals for Alleged Piracy in High-
Speed IRC Channel; Seizes Computers in California and Michigan
Washington, D.C. (11 November 1999) -- The Business Software Alliance
(BSA) today announced it has launched a new initiative aimed at
shutting down illegal trafficking in software on the Internet. As
part of the initiative, BSA has filed a lawsuit against twenty-five
individuals allegedly participating in the "warez4cable" IRC channel,
an Internet forum used to traffic in pirated software. This is the
first lawsuit ever filed against individuals for pirating software in
an IRC channel.
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