From Irene McC Sent Tue, Jan 6th 1998, 19:16
From Irene McC Sent Tue, Jan 6th 1998, 19:16
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.
I
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