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...Copyright Act, which covers software as well as tangible commodities like books, records, tapes and film, did not specifically criminalize LaMacchia's alleged conduct because he did not benefit from the venture. Instead, the feds chose to indict him on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. That was not a particularly good fit either, but government officials felt they had to charge him with something. ``If the government did not respond when someone gave away a million dollars in software,'' says Scott Charney, who heads the U.S. Justice Department's computer-crimes unit, ``we'd essentially be saying...
...find procedural safeguards that might allow Harvard to approve the HCIA for a probationary period. If the group violated College guidelines against harassment, then the administration could revoke its status. Proponents of recognition suggest that the University should not prohibit the HCIA for violations that it has yet to commit...
...advocate full campus parties, but Idon't want to commit to a specific number ofhouses who could co-host parties right now," hesaid...
Just Cause," directed by Arne Glimcher ("The Mambo Kings"), starts out looking like a nearly step-by-step rip-off of "True Believer," where James Woods plays a lawyer trying to free a man who has spent eight years in Ossining ('Sing Sing') for a murder he didn't commit. In "Just Cause," James Woods' Eddie Dodd, a washed-up, 1960s hippie lawyer is replaced by Sean Connery's Paul Armstrong, a lawyer-turned-Harvard professor. Neither of the men has tried a murder case in a number of years, both are reluctant to take...
Donors were especially reluctant to commit to Quayle for fear he could never win the general election. Several advisers had urged him to run instead for Indiana Governor in 1996. On the Sunday before Quayle withdrew, Goodin faxed him a long memo on campaign strategy. ``That memo gave him a lot to think about,'' says Goodin. ``If he was going to make a move on fund raising, he had to move fast.'' At that point, says Goodin, Quayle had not held a single fund raiser. ``One of the options clearly was dropping out of the race.'' Quayle later told...