From Martin Sent Tue, Jan 6th 1998, 21:52
From Martin Sent Tue, Jan 6th 1998, 21:52
"Irene McC" <substar @ iafrica.com> wrote: >>> On 5 Jan 98, cl wrote: (idm) bootlegs, tapes: > appears to be legit. About two weeks ago, Clinton signed off on > legislation which makes it a crime to trade tapes. If you send > someone a tape and get something in exchange for it, you're now in > just as much trouble, legally, as you would for selling bootleg > CD's. Max penalties include jail time and fines of up to US > $250,000. Forgive the bandwidth used up in repeating this chunk of message - but I'm just so mortified and busy trying to pick up my jaw which has dropped ... this is MAD BAD and AWFUL news. I'll go to jail if I must - - - damn damn damn. <<< calm down irene, don't let this ruin your day. clinton, slippery tho' he is, can't touch you in africa. i can't imagine extradition proceedings over a dodgy c90. don't most other countries have something similar anyhow? is the bpi's (?) "home taping is killing music" campaign in the uk backed up w/ copyright laws that carry penalties? there may even be some local south african legislation already in place you've already broken. i think the solution is say nothing and don't put up a website advertising your misdeeds :-) -martin