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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...
This Evidence may have been pivotal in the decision by a grand jury to indict Lee and Sword last week...
...they indict, we don't care...
...said afterward that "it was very refreshing to be before the tribunal that cared about the facts" -- an unsubtle dig at ! the press. He may well be recalled, however, after Steiner testifies. Further down the road, says a White House official, "it depends on whether Fiske wants to indict some White House folks. Indictments he could get easily. Convictions are another matter." In any case, he says, the conversations are "the most damaging Whitewater-related stuff...
...will walk away with the coveted gold medal? Oksana Baiul of the Ukraine? Surya of France? Or some other skater of similar ability? We must also acknowledge the possibility that the Clockemas County investigators might dig up enough evidence to indict Harding before she skates. The law could preclude her performance before she skates...