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[FYI] BSA Files Lawsuit Against 25 Individuals for Alleged Piracy in High-Speed IRC Channel



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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