My point is that it's expensive to keep someone in jail for what should be a civil and not a criminal issue. It was meant somewhat tongue-in-cheek. -marc On 14/4/03 10:56, "Marc Joffe" wrote: > It is not Sony's responsibility to reimburse the state. Do families of > murder victims pay for the murderer to sit in jail? Would you expect a > store that is robbed to pay for the thief to sit in jail? > > Also, if you put all your effort in to a device that you wanted to sell > wouldn't you want it protected. > > MArc > > > On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 09:46, Marc Nicholas wrote: >> And Sony are going to reimburse the State the $2500/week it costs to >> incarcerate him? (I think not...) >> >> God Bless the DMCA... >> >> -marc >> >> >> On 14/4/03 09:01, "Russell McMahon" wrote: >> >>> Interesting: >>> >>> "Virginia man sentenced to 5 months for selling PS2 mod chips >>> NEW YORK (April 13 4:53 p.m. EDT) - A Virginia man has been sentenced to >>> five months in >>> prison for operating a Web site that helped video game enthusiasts >>> bypass anti-piracy technology on popular games." >>> >>> >>> RM >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different >>> ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Marc Nicholas Geekythings Inc. C/416.543.4896 >> UNIX, Database, Security and Networking Consulting >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different >> ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas Geekythings Inc. C/416.543.4896 UNIX, Database, Security and Networking Consulting -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.