

Computer underground Digest    Sun June 14, 1992   Volume 4 : Issue 26

       Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
       Associate Editor: Etaion Shrdlu, Jr.
       Newest Authormeister: B. Kehoe
       Arcmeister: Bob Kusumoto
       Downundermeister: Dan Carosone

CONTENTS, #4.26 (June 14, 1992)
File 1--Chsun1 mailserv/ftp NO LONGER AVAILABLE
File 2--CFP-II Radio Shows
File 3--Another side of privacy
File 4--update: Presidental candidates' online forum/debate
File 5--Playboy Vs. Event Horizons (BOARDWATCH REPRINT)
File 6--FTPing Back Issues of CuD and other Files
File 7--PC BBS Raided by FBI (reprint)

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:42:54 CST
From: Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
Subject: File 1--Chsun1 mailserv/ftp NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Bob Kusumoto, archivist at the U of Chicago site, informs us that they
can no longer make back issues of files available. This generally
affects bitnet users without ftp access. At this point, because of
availability of back issues of CuD from other sources, we do not plan
to find a new site. We will re-assess the need in a few months, but
our sense is that between ftp and alternative sites, most readers will
not be inconvenienced.

Bob has been an archivist nearly from CuD's beginning, and provided a
shadow site to Brendan's. We (and others) appreciate and thank him for
his initiative and hard work and will miss him.

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 18:37:30 EDT
From: Paul Hyland <PHYLAND@GWUVM.BITNET>
Subject: File 2--CFP-II Radio Shows

          COMPUTER, FREEDOM, PRIVACY CONFERENCE-II  on RADIO

Public radio listeners across the nation will have "virtual front row
seats" at the Second Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and
Privacy.  The sessions were recorded at the March conference by Bruce
Koball and digitally edited for broadcast by Gregg McVicar (The
Privacy Project).

Ten one-hour programs will be available to stations through the public
radio satellite system, beginning June 23rd.

#1  Bruce Sterling "Speaking for the Unspeakable"
#2  Ethics, Morality, and Criminality
#3  Logging on to the Networks of the Future
#4  Free Speech and the Public Telephone Network
#5  Who's in Your Genes? Genetic Data Banking & Privacy
#6  Private Collection of Personal Information
#7  Privacy and Intellectual Freedom in the Digital Library
#8  Computers in the Workplace:  Elysium or Panopticon?
#9  Who Holds the Keys?  Cryptography, Privacy, and Security.
#10  Public Policy for the 21st Century.

Each station decides independently whether or not to air a program
offering and where to place it in its broadcast schedule. Therefore,
interested listeners are advised to immediately contact the program
director at their public radio station in support of carrying the
COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, & PRIVACY series locally.

KALW in San Francisco, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KPBS in San Diego,
WYEP in Pittsburgh, and WUMB in Boston plan to air the programs this
summer and have graciously provided seed funding for the project.

For more information, contact Gregg McVicar at Pacific Multimedia
(510) 938-2877, or GMcVicar@MCImail.com

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 16:07:20 PDT
From: jwarren@AUTODESK.COM(Jim Warren)
Subject: File 3--Another side of privacy

It is difficult to strike a balance between the just desires of
individuals for personal privacy, and the just needs of a community to
have an informed accounting of the consequences of the actions of its
individual members.

The problem with privacy is that there are those who intentionally use
it to cover their wrong-doing.  Further, it shields those who are
casually irresponsible from being held accountable.

The following exemplifies the adverse side of privacy.  It is not from
an Evil Corporation, nor a Naive Computer Neophyte, nor from a Person
Who Disrespects Privacy.  Instead, it's from a mostly-consultant who
is an experienced computer pro, and someone who has long-illustrated
deep concern for ethical and civil-liberties issues.

Aside:  This is similar to women who receive obscene or threatening
phone calls, but [a] can't get the local cops (or courts) to monitor
the line, and [b] are prohibited from having Caller ID to aid their
personal defense against anonymous electronic intruders in their
homes.  Police won't furnish protection (or don't have the resources),
and the law suppresses the tools for self-defense against unwanted
intrusion.
  Result: Phone-owners' privacy in their own homes is degraded or
forfeited in order to protect the privacy of anonymous, covert
callers.

  jim
+++++++++++posted with the author's explicit prior permission+++++++++++++
From autodesk!uucp Mon Jun  8 09:31:59 1992
Subject-- Freedom
To: jwarren@well.sf.ca.us

I have a problem with certain privacy concerns (this time I am on the
anti-privacy side).  I have court judgements against some southern CA
slime bags (you want a definition, their BUSINESSES will not identify
themselves when you call them, they answer "corporate" and if you ask
who you have reached repeatedly, they will hang up on you).  I think I
have a RIGHT to know where they live and work so I can serve them with
legal papers.  Remember, they have already LOST the suit, their day in
court is over.  But without going to court AGAIN for a separate order,
I cannot pull their credit records (privacy).  BS!  This is just a
makework thing for attorneys and PIs.  You see, I can get the credit
report illegally for $30 (instead of $8 if I had a right to it).  What
a crock!   Do you agree?

Worse yet, all this privacy BS has given us 3 separate ID numbers.  The
DMV wants driver's license number and birthdate, the credit guys want
SSN.  I am all for a law-abiding guy trying to keep his private affairs
private, but when you have lost in court, those same laws keep you from
having to pay up.  BS I say.  Do you agree?

I am not sure I have an implementation, but I sure would work on one if
there were any reason to believe it would do some good.   Dave

Dave Gomberg    GOMBERG@UCSFVM  Internet node UCSFVM.UCSF.EDU  (415)731-7793
Seven Gateview Court, San Francisco CA 94116-1941

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 15:54:06 PDT
From: jwarren@AUTODESK.COM(Jim Warren)
Subject: File 4--update: Presidental candidates' online forum/debate

6/12/92 - STATUS REPORT

CLINTON organization has reiterated to a number of online addressees
that they intend to participate, and are currently getting organized
to do so.
email:  75300.3115@compuserve.com

PEROT organization called to reiterate that they are getting their
computer-access system set up.  No specific commitment, yet, to an
online forum/debate with other candidates.
email:  none identified

BUSH organization has said the "proposal is very interesting and worth
serious consideration," but gave no implication of any intent to
accept.
email:  none identified

MEDIA INTEREST INCREASING
  6/12- John Blackstone of CBS NEWS came up for an on-camera interview, to
be part of a Dan Rather Evening News segment on electronic democracy, elec.
town hall, etc.  No airing date but probably within a week or so.
  6/9- Jessica Seigel, a CHICAGO TRIBUNE features writer, called for a
lengthy interview; faxed additional info.  No publication date, but if you
see it, please snailmail* a copy.  [jes@well.sf.ca.us]
  6/4- Details published in COMMUNICATIONS DAILY, written by Art Brodsky.
[arb@well.sf.ca.us]
  6/4- Bill Turque of NEWSWEEK called for a lengthy interview; faxed
extensive additional information.  No information on publication date, but
it you see it, please snailmail* a copy.

(Hope you send a fax and/or snailmail to the candidates urging them to
participate in the proposed online prexy forum.  Mob pressure's needed! :-)

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Date: 11 Jun 92 03:36:23 EDT
From: Lance Rose <72230.2044@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: File 5--Playboy Vs. Event Horizons (BOARDWATCH REPRINT)

((Moderators' note: The latest issue (June) of BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE
includes the following article describing Playboy's copyright suit
against Event Horizon's, a BBS specializing in "adult" files.
BOARDWATCH is the best source for BBS-related information. Each issue
includes news, special features, and in-depth analysis of topics
ranging from technical information to BBS and sofware reviews. Even
the ads are fun reading.  A year's sub (12 issues) remains a steal at
$36. BOARDWATCH address is: 7586 West Jewell Ave, Suite 200, Lakewood,
CO, 80232.  Jack Rickard, the editor, is on-line at:
jrickard@teal.csn.org))


             PLAYBOY'S NEW PLAYMATE - EVENT HORIZONS BBS
                            by Lance Rose

  One of the most common personal uses of modems today is to transfer
graphic image files between computers.  Sources for images are cheap
and plentiful - just pick up any picture book or magazine.  Often the
hard part is finding someone with a scanner to turn the picture into
an uploadable computer file, but there are more and more of those as
well.  Many of the most profitable small BBS', not to mention
CompuServe and other large information services, make a great deal of
money from the high volume of image uploads and downloads performed
daily across the country.

A large part of that volume is taken up by pictures of nude women and
sexually oriented materials.  It's hard to pinpoint the ultimate
social meaning of this activity, but it's a fact that lots of people
are spending lots of time and money sending computerized soft and hard
pornography through the telephone lines.  The cost is often far
greater than the price of a newsstand magazine that contains the same
picture at far greater resolution.  Yet people keep doing it, and some
BBS' profit greatly from it.

Behind the scenes, fueling the boom, are the source images used to
create the digitized files.  All too often these sources, whether they
depict a beautiful forest, a way cool car or a buxom blonde, are
copyrighted illustrations from magazines and books.  This is a
well-known fact of life to most BBS users.  When the practice of
scanning copyrighted images is debated online, the issue is usually
not whether it's legal (except among the "information wants to be
free" types), but who will get nailed by a copyright owner, and when.

It happened in March.  Playboy Enterprises sued Event Horizons BBS for
infringement.  Event Horizons is one of the largest BBS' in the
country, and well-known as a major center for uploading and
downloading graphic images, including pictures of nude women and
sexual images.  Users are charged for downloading by connect time, so
the larger the file and longer it takes to download, the more a user
pays for the file.  The BBS is said to gross over two million dollars
per year, and has served (in the profit-making sense at least) as an
ideal and model for others who run their BBS' as a business.  Event
Horizons makes files available not only online, but also in
collections on disks.

This is an important case for BBS sysops, especially if the parties
fail to settle and it goes to trial.  The resulting decision could set
some standards for copyright infringement by BBS', and help sysops
better determine which files to keep on their boards and which are
safest only when dropped in the bit bucket.

Playboy's suit actually claims two kinds of infringement:  copyright
and trademark.  On the copyright side, nine pictures of scantily clad
or naked women from the pages of Playboy Magazine (sandwiched, as
always, in between the Serious Articles) were discovered in Event
Horizon's file collection.  The ladies pictured in the files include
such well-known babes as Linda Evans, Vanna White and Jessica Hahn.

Playboy pulls no rabbit punches in illustrating its claim that the
Event Horizons files are indeed direct copies.  Playboy's legal
complaint includes all of the identified pictures from the magazine
and the corresponding printouts of Event Horizon's image files
(Apparently, those exhibits are meant only for the judge.  Playboy's
corporate communications department made only the written portion of
the complaint available upon my request.  Is this corporate image
management, or just their way of telling me I have to pay for those
pictures like everyone else?).  In addition to these pictures, Playboy
identifies other files described in Event Horizon's disk catalog as
probable infringements, even though Playboy has not seen them, based
on descriptions of the files such as "pretty nude Playboy photo" and
"Playmate; topless young body."  If the descriptions are accurate,
that's pretty damning evidence that someone infringed Playboy's
copyrights, though of course the actual pictures would have to be
produced.

The trademark claim by Playboy has two contradictory components.  On
one hand, Playboy claims that Event Horizon's use of the name
"Playboy" with the files will confuse the public into wrongly thinking
that Playboy somehow sponsors or authorizes Event Horizon's
maintenance of the files.  On the other hand, Playboy also says that
Event Horizon's use of "EH" will confuse the public into wrongly
thinking that Event Horizons, and not Playboy, is the real producer of
the pictures contained in the files.  Playboy is right that these
names create confusion.  At this stage, however, Playboy seems to be
the one who is a bit confused by it all.

Playboy still has a lot of points in its favor, though.  For instance,
Playboy claims that Event Horizons' own copyright notice was found on
some of the files in question.  That one might be pretty hard for
Event Horizons to explain away.  Playboy also states that it sent six
warning letters to Event Horizons complaining about infringement, and
that Event Horizons did not stop the activities complained of.  Again,
if this is true, it makes it look like Playboy gave Event Horizons
every opportunity to stop the claimed infringing practices, and only
brought legal action when the practices continued despite the endless
stream of letters.

As compensation for it's grief, Playboy is looking for a big payoff.
First, it wants a permanent injunction against any further
distribution of the files by Event Horizons.  Second, it wants to
receive all of Event Horizons' profits from the files, measured by the
connect time charges paid by users downloading those files.  This
could be a very big amount if the judge accepts that measure of
damages.  Third, it wants Event Horizons to pay all of Playboy's legal
costs in bringing the legal action - another big number, which Event
Horizons will have to pay if Playboy wins.  Fourth, it wants the court
to impound all files and disks containing the infringing files, and
the equipment used to make those files and disks - this could even
mean the BBS itself.  There are even more damage claims, but there's
only so much room in this column.

Looks like a pretty grim situation for Event Horizons . . .

However, the game is not over.  Jim Maxey, Event Horizons' owner,
tells a somewhat different story.  He says that all of the files in
question were not created by him, but by BBS users who uploaded them
for credits permitting them to download other files for free.   His
policy has been to ban all Playboy images he could identify, but he
says that some slip through nonetheless.  If the file description does
not say the file is scanned from Playboy or another copyrighted
source, he has little way of knowing where it came from.

Maxey confirms that Playboy first contacted him about a year ago.  He
says that when he first heard from Playboy, he redoubled his efforts
to remove any Playboy-related files from his BBS, and sent Playboy
letters certifying his removal efforts.  However, Playboy never
acknowledged receiving his letters; there was "no way to communicate
with them."  The next thing he knew, Playboy was suing him in federal
court.

Maxey also claims that Playboy is trying to physically intimidate him.
In particular, he says Playboy hired an enormous man, 250-300 pounds,
to serve him with the complaint.  When the process server came to
Event Horizons' office, he allegedly smashed the receptionist against
the door, seriously injuring her hip and causing her to miss four
weeks of work.  He says the man is currently being held by the police.

Event Horizons is changing its look and feel now, according to Maxey.
"Adult images" form only a small part of the current file transfer
activity on his BBS, as its focus shifts to education and
entertainment.  His current projects include creating collections of
animations, and distributing the larger ones on CD-ROMs, including
animations with astronomical themes such as a tour of the planets of
the solar system.

Gee, after hearing Jim's side of the story, it makes you wonder why
Playboy is so upset.  Someone here is telling less than the whole
truth.  These stories are too contradictory to both be real.  I
suspect both sides have polished up their stories just a bit for prime
time.

Playboy, for instance, is not beyond trying to pull the wool over the
judge's eyes.  At one point, Playboy claims that "access by Event
Horizons to the [Playboy] copyrighted photographs should be presumed
in view of the striking similarity between the images contained in the
above identified Event Horizons' files and the corresponding [Playboy]
copyrighted photographs."  In other words, Playboy would have us
believe that if you find an image scanned from a magazine on a BBS, we
can presume the sysop did the scanning himself.

This is obviously not so to anyone who knows about BBS', and the
statement reveals either ignorance or attempted deception on Playboy's
part.  Most image files on BBS' are uploaded by users.  It may well be
that Playboy's claim that Maxey created the files is true, but that is
something that must be proved, not presumed.  Most BBS sysops today
are not creators of most of the materials on their systems, but
distributors.  This is a very important distinction in a case like
this, because it means that the primary wrongdoer is the user who
uploaded the file, not the sysop who merely made it available for
download by others.

Certain parts of Maxey's story are also questionable.  Though he
claims that all Playboy images found on his BBS were uploaded by
users, there are others who say it is common knowledge that Maxey
himself stocks his BBS with his own scans from Playboy and other
magazines.  We will have to wait for the evidence to come in on this
one.

It is also pretty hard to go along with Maxey's reasoning on Playboy's
failure to acknowledge his letters to them.  If Playboy did not
respond to his letter, why didn't he pick up the phone and call them?
Their number's in the phone book.

Of course, the parties may settle this case before it reaches trial.
In that event, the main effect of the case would be a warning to other
sysops not to become involved in infringing image files, at least when
the images are Playboy's.

What if the case does go to trial?  Maxey's shifting of the blame for
infringement to his users raises the possibility he will use the same
defense successfully used by CompuServe recently in obtaining
dismissal from a libel suit against it.  As readers of this magazine
may recall, in the case of CompuServe v.  Cubby, CompuServe was sued
as the distributor of an electronic newsletter that supposedly
contained defamatory comments about a competing newsletter.  The judge
let CompuServe out of the case on the basis that CompuServe did not
create the newsletter, but only distributed it.  In a landmark ruling
for BBS', the judge held that BBS' are protected by the 1st Amendment
as distributors of free speech.  It is impermissible to make a sysop
absolutely responsible for reviewing everything that passes through
the system.

For Maxey to successfully use this argument to escape the infringement
claim, he will need to prove that all of the infringing files were
uploaded by users, and that he was not actually aware of any of them
before Playboy brought them to his attention.  This could be a tough
task, especially for the files that supposedly have Event Horizons'
own copyright notice attached to them.  It could be fun to watch him
try, though.

Playboy's motives in bringing the suit can certainly be questioned.
My guess is that Playboy is getting ready to begin its own online
distribution of girlie pictures, and wants to clear out the
established competition.  Playboy pictures probably form only a small
part of all the files on Event Horizons' BBS, but this lawsuit can
have a disproportionately large effect on the BBS' overall finances.
Playboy is letting the online world know that a Big Boy is entering
the scene, so watch out.  At this point, Playboy will only be the
second major company of its sort in the online world.  Penthouse
already has its own BBS, and has announced in the business news pages
that it sees its future in electronic communications.

However it ends up, this suit should serve as a word to the wise for
sysops and users of BBS'.  The days of the free ride in scanning
printed copyrighted materials are coming to an end.  The future of
image files in BBS'ing will not (and indeed should not) be merely to
reproduce mass-distributed print photographs and illustrations, but to
serve as a new and different distribution medium.  Graphic artists of
all kinds who do not have access to print distribution channels should
receive increasing distribution on BBS'.  New image types, best
displayed on computer screens (especially animations) rather than
paper, will continue to develop and flourish.  By helping bring an end
to online infringement of its printed girlie pictures for gentlemen,
Playboy is, likely unwittingly, helping to usher in a new and far more
interesting online computer graphics regime.

++++
Lance Rose is an attorney practicing high-tech, computer and
intellectual property law in the New York City area.  He is the author
of SYSLAW, a legal guide for BBS sysops, of which a revised edition
should appear this fall. He can be reached at elrose@well.sf.ca.us

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:42:54 CST
From: Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
Subject: File 6--FTPing Back Issues of CuD and other Files

We are periodically asked where archives to back issues of CuD and
other papers, statutes, university policies, and 'Zines can be
obtained, and where various files are located in the directories.  The
CuD ftp cites are listed in the header of each CuD.  In addition, back
issues of CuD and most other electronic publications can be found on
THE WORKS (617) 861-8976.
Current CuD ftp sites are:  ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4) and
ftp.ee.mu.oz.au.

NOTE: THE UCHSUN1 MAILSERV AND FTP SITE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN IN A FEW
DAYS AND WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE.

Directories in the ftp.eff.org archives include:

total 24
-rw-r--r--  1 root     12              0 Oct 18 02:22 .notar
drwxrwsr-x  4 ckd      10           1024 Jun  9 22:28 EFF
drwxrwsr-x  5 mnemonic eff           512 Nov 26 22:05 SJG
drwxrwxr-x 13 kadie    21           1536 Jun 10 01:42 academic
drwxr-sr-x  2 hshubs   151           512 May 15 20:32 bcs
drwxr-xr-x  2 ezf      146          1024 May 27 19:03 cpsr
drwxr-xr-x 33 brendan  12           1024 Jun  8 12:25 cud
drwxr-xr-x  4 root     daemon       1024 Aug 17 18:08 internet-info
drwxrwsr-x  2 hrose    14           1024 May 26 21:12 irc
drwxr-xr-x  8 rita     148           512 May 18 20:43 journals
drwxrwsr-x  3 ckd      12            512 Apr 22 21:28 mac
drwxr-sr-x  2 1        daemon        512 May  8 20:29 pub-infra

The follow subdirectories are in the /pub/cud directory:

cud:
total 104
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149          3585 Jun  8 21:23 Added
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         10131 Jun  8 21:23 Index
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 alcor
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 ane
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 May 18 14:08 ati
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 bootlegger
drwxr-xr-x  3 brendan  149           512 Apr 25 22:55 ccc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          3584 Jun  8 21:23 cdc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25 22:55 cdugd
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 chalisti
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 cpi
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          2560 Jun  7 22:16 cud
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 24 18:35 dfp
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25 22:55 fbi
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 inform
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Apr 25 22:55 law
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 lod
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 misc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 narc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25 22:55 networks
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25 22:55 nfx
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1536 May 18 14:09 nia
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 nsa
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1536 Jun  8 12:36 papers
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Jun  7 21:18 phantasy
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 May 19 13:00 phrack
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 phun
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 pirate
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 ppp
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Apr 25 22:55 schools
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 synd
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 tap
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 wview

THE CONTENTS OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORIES:

cud/alcor:
Information related to the Alcor suit:

total 246
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2506 Jan 10 17:05 alcor-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10036 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21192 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         13439 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7727 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4381 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14366 Jan 10 17:06 alcor-7
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         37303 Jan 10 17:07 alcor-8
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10212 Jan 10 17:07 alcor-9

cud/ane:
("Anarchist" journal)
total 530
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         22545 Aug 18  1990 ane-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4577 Aug 18  1990 ane-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5766 Aug 18  1990 ane-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5276 Aug 18  1990 ane-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6850 Aug 18  1990 ane-5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10070 Aug 18  1990 ane-6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        201033 Aug 18  1990 ane-7

cud/ati:
total 1900
-r--r--r--

ATI-Activist Times, Inc.
ati-1 through ati-59  (issue #9 is permanently lost)

cud/bootlegger:
total 880
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        326412 Nov  9  1990 bootlegger-6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        101274 Nov  9  1990 bootlegger-7

cud/ccc:
Chaos Computer Club info
total 394
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5491 Aug  1  1991 LIES_MICH
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         41360 Aug  1  1991 VMS_bug.doc
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         29497 Aug  1  1991 bbs.ch
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         17904 Aug  1  1991 bbs.hh
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Mar 27 22:32 congress
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9862 Aug  1  1991 eunet_for_the_people.txt
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         35391 Aug  1  1991 hacker.txt
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21269 Aug  1  1991 polizeigesetz.hh
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         13081 Aug  1  1991 satzung.txt
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9411 Aug  1  1991 sitzungs_protokoll.1990
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12661 Aug  1  1991 uucp_de.sites

cud/ccc/congress:
total 928
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        103307 Aug  1  1991 congress.berichte.89
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        106563 Aug  1  1991 congress.berichte.90
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        227883 Aug  1  1991 psycho.doc

cud/cdc:
total 4468

Cult of the Dead Cow:
Beginning with cdc-1 through cdc-199

cud/cdugd:
Computer-downunder-digest (Australian p/h news)
total 152
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149          3197 Apr  7 20:16 cdugd-1.01
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         16888 Apr  7 20:16 cdugd-1.02
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         56293 Apr  7 20:16 cdugd-1.03

cud/chalisti:
total 3976

Chalisti: German "hacker" journal
chalisti-1  through chalisti-17

cud/cpi:
total 230
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         19877 Jul  2  1991 cpi-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         97268 Jul  2  1991 cpi-2

cud/cud:
Computer underground Digest
total 9424
CuDs, complete, beginning with  cud1.00 through cud4.25
In addition:
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          1110 Aug  3  1990 niedorf.flash
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         16964 Nov 15  1990 vol1_index
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7905 Mar  7  1991 vol2_index
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         19848 Mar  8 17:42 vol3_index

cud/dfp:
Digital Free Press
total 338
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         22914 Jan 10 17:02 dfp-1.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         51910 Mar  8 17:55 dfp-1.2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         50199 Apr 26 20:09 dfp-1.3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         46027 May 24 18:35 dfp-1.4

cud/fbi:
total 348
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         54284 Aug  1  1991 fbi-1.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        111127 Sep  3 02:58 fbi-1.2

cud/inform:
total 1024
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        186042 Oct 16 17:13 inform-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        176859 Jan 10 17:13 inform-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        130779 Apr 24 18:04 inform-3

cud/law:
State/federal computer statutes
total 1786
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9384 Feb 26  1991 alabama
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10489 Feb 26  1991 alaska
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         19545 Dec 31  1990 arizona
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        227500 May  7  1991 bill.s.618
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         67417 Nov 29  1990 california
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3832 Feb 26  1991 canada
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3185 Aug  1  1991 canada-addendum
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3795 Feb 26  1991 colorado
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         16530 Feb 26  1991 connecticut
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14607 Feb 26  1991 delaware
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10035 Dec  4  1990 florida
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11535 Jul 14  1991 georgia
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7766 Feb 26  1991 georgia-old
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5341 Feb 16 23:24 ghana
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         29160 Dec 18  1990 great.britain
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9115 Feb 26  1991 hawaii
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         52233 Dec  8 21:11 hr3515
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8142 Feb 26  1991 idaho
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         20850 Nov 27  1990 illinois
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         38167 Nov  1 14:30 improve
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2378 Feb 26  1991 indiana
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10398 Feb 26  1991 iowa
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5144 Dec 13  1990 maryland
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12979 Feb 26  1991 minnesota
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2115 Feb 26  1991 minnesota.info
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10304 Nov  1 13:44 monitoring
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10324 Feb 26  1991 new.jersey
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         16498 May 18  1991 new.mexico
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          1479 Dec 31  1990 new.york
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5479 May 18  1991 north.carolina
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4515 May  8  1991 oregon
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         18918 Aug  1  1991 scourt-bios
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11999 Feb 26  1991 texas
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        128606 May  8  1991 us.e-privacy
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         16360 Dec 13  1990 uscode.s.1030
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12002 Dec 31  1990 vermont
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12964 Feb 26  1991 virginia
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5767 May 10  1991 washington
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8498 Feb 26  1991 west.virginia
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5906 Apr  6  1991 wisconsin

cud/lod:
total 1650
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149            27 May 13 03:41 Missing
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        213571 Aug 12  1990 lod-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        148592 Aug 12  1990 lod-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        167909 Aug 12  1990 lod-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        256202 Aug 12  1990 lod-4

cud/misc:
total 1632
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         13690 Jun  7  1991 WATCH10A.EXE
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7936 Mar  8 19:40 anarch.man
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14534 Mar  8 19:40 basic1.net
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         43817 Mar  8 17:41 cdc-100
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9473 May 29  1991 china-2.3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5693 Dec  8  1989 codehack
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6075 Mar  8 19:34 cyberspace-1.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10447 Dec  8  1989 defense
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         86416 Mar  9 13:52 elektrix-1
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         78482 Mar  9 13:52 globe-1.1
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         32484 Mar  9 13:52 globe-1.2
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         63856 Mar  9 13:52 globe-1.3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         69686 Aug  3  1990 hnet-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         79559 May 29  1991 hun-1.2
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         32102 Mar  9 13:54 kcah-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         17440 Jun 18  1991 kcah-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10237 Jan  1  1980 phreak1.bok
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        121252 May 29  1991 ppa-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5036 Aug  9  1991 rrg-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         65643 Mar  8 19:55 tph-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         41453 Jun  7  1991 watch10a.uu

cud/narc:
total 122
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5210 Aug  3  1990 narc-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3350 May 29  1991 narc-10
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5327 Aug  3  1990 narc-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7871 Aug  3  1990 narc-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7327 Aug  3  1990 narc-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4831 Aug  3  1990 narc-5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4406 Aug  3  1990 narc-6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8283 Aug  3  1990 narc-7
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3716 May 29  1991 narc-8
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5555 May 29  1991 narc-9

cud/networks:
total 266
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          1216 Mar  8 18:09 Index
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3833 Mar 11  1991 ansnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2171 Mar 11  1991 cerfnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9572 Mar 11  1991 compuserve
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8577 Mar 11  1991 concert
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3881 Mar 11  1991 cren
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21201 Mar 11  1991 email
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10296 Mar 11  1991 farnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2296 Mar 11  1991 fricc
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149           540 Mar 11  1991 los-nettos
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         31098 Mar 11  1991 mrnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2375 Mar 11  1991 nearnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2607 Mar 11  1991 northwestnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2790 Mar 11  1991 nsfnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5800 Mar 11  1991 onet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4504 Jun 18  1991 prepnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5341 Mar 11  1991 uninet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7939 Mar 11  1991 ut.software

cud/nfx:
total 166
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         16024 Aug  9  1991 nfx-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         41918 Aug  9  1991 nfx-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         26341 Aug 24 03:40 nfx-3

cud/nia:
(nia-1 through nia-73)
total 6510

cud/nsa:
total 394
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         35692 Jul  2  1991 nsa-1.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         33176 Jul  2  1991 nsa-1.2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         48678 Jul  2  1991 nsa-1.3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         82665 Aug 24 03:45 nsa-1.4

cud/papers:
total 7004
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149             0 Apr 25 22:55 .notar
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         87213 Jul 26  1990 baudy.world
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         57407 Dec  1 02:23 bbs.and.the.law
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        103794 Dec  2 02:51 bbs.defamation
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6030 Dec  1  1990 biblio
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         63205 Jul 26  1990 candp
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         63050 Feb 26  1991 civil.disobedience
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         31426 Mar 13  1991 closing.the.net
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12431 Jun 16  1991 company-email
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         98842 Jul 14  1991 computer.crime
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         47714 May 14  1991 const.in.cyberspace
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         27717 Nov  9  1990 cp.2600
-rw-r--r--  2 mnemonic 104         63838 Feb 23  1991 crime.puzzle
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21027 Jun 23  1991 cyberspace
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         58773 Jul 26  1990 denning
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         74868 Feb 26  1991 dennis.hayes
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10286 Dec  2 02:51 ecpa.layman
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11517 Oct 29  1990 edwards_letter
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        536453 Nov  1 13:43 electropolis.ps
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        115151 Nov  1 13:43 electropolis.txt
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         19636 Nov  9  1990 email_privacy
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5192 Dec 31  1990 fbi.systems
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         42545 Jun  8 12:32 future
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        253367 Aug  9  1991 fyi-8
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         53191 Aug  9  1991 gao-report
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         17441 Jun 13  1991 intro
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        190622 Jul  2  1991 len.rose
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7584 Apr  6  1991 len.rose.news
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         20106 Dec  3 11:03 lod_ss
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         46888 Dec  8 21:11 memetics
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        150214 Jul 26  1990 meyer
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         66115 May 31 17:26 mindvox
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         31927 May 10  1991 morris.appeal
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         42000 Aug  9  1991 neidorf-script
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         20191 Nov  9  1990 netproposition
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         21364 Jun  8 12:34 nightline-wire
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        498787 Aug 30  1990 phreak.man
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         45299 Oct 23 13:11 privacy
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         55329 May 29  1991 riggs.brief
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         55329 Mar  8 18:20 riggs_comment
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8181 Sep  3 02:58 rights.of.expr
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         73736 Dec  8 21:12 ripco-warrant
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         27063 Oct 23 13:13 rivera
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         71262 Oct 15 18:41 sj-resp
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        102570 Nov 15  1990 sundevil
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21329 Dec 23 05:08 sysops
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12513 Mar 11  1991 theft.of.software

cud/phantasy:
total 604
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         24971 Oct 30  1990 phantasy-1.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         27050 Nov 30  1990 phantasy-1.2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         25251 Dec 17  1990 phantasy-1.3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         37567 Feb 26  1991 phantasy-2.4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         29898 Jan 10 17:00 phantasy-2.5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         53818 Mar  8 18:21 phantasy-3.6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         55005 Mar  8 18:21 phantasy-3.7
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         52131 Jun  7 21:18 phantasy-3.8

cud/phrack:
phrack-1  through phrack-38
total 14116

cud/phun:
total 1712
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         81603 Aug 12  1990 phun-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        151367 Aug 12  1990 phun-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        241514 Aug 12  1990 phun-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        207097 Aug 12  1990 phun-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        140588 Nov  9  1990 phun-5

cud/pirate :
total 1514
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         94932 Jul 26  1990 pirate-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        205948 Jul 26  1990 pirate-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        136370 Jul 26  1990 pirate-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        171304 Jul 26  1990 pirate-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        115472 Jul 26  1990 pirate-5

cud/ppp:
total 60
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8449 May 29  1991 ppp-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         21077 May 29  1991 ppp-2

cud/schools:
University computer policies
total 462
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3329 Nov 16 05:39 Index
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         15060 Feb 26  1991 acadia
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4530 Feb 26  1991 baylor
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2474 Feb 26  1991 bitnet
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4891 Feb 26  1991 bostonu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8632 Feb 26  1991 colgateu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4963 Feb 26  1991 columbiau
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4463 Feb 26  1991 danwebster
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7962 Feb 26  1991 jmadisonu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6483 Feb 26  1991 kansas.state
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         12699 Feb 26  1991 michstu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4236 Feb 26  1991 newcastleu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8138 Feb 26  1991 newmexstu
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          1394 May 29  1991 ocf.bylaws
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14491 May 29  1991 ocf.constitution
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11185 May 14  1991 pucc
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10026 Feb 26  1991 purdue
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5878 Feb 26  1991 riacs
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4715 Feb 26  1991 rose.hulman.cs
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         31308 Nov 16 05:33 udel.guidelines_draft
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3612 Nov 16 05:34 udel.policy_draft
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5311 Apr  6  1991 umich-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7906 Feb 26  1991 umich-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          1714 Feb 26  1991 uofidaho
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          7298 Feb 26  1991 uofmissouric
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2509 Feb 26  1991 uofmissourikc
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          4080 Feb 26  1991 uofmissourirolla
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8165 Feb 26  1991 uofnewmexico
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          2697 Feb 26  1991 uofpitt
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          3425 Feb 26  1991 uofwales
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8624 Feb 26  1991 washu.engr

cud/synd:
total 780
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6680 Dec 21  1990 synd-1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11371 Dec 21  1990 synd-10
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         10383 Dec 21  1990 synd-11
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11274 Dec 21  1990 synd-12
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8245 Dec 21  1990 synd-13a
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14850 Dec 21  1990 synd-13b
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         17365 Dec 21  1990 synd-14
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         15540 Dec 21  1990 synd-15a
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         13036 Dec 21  1990 synd-15b
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         15181 Dec 21  1990 synd-16a
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         14446 Feb 26  1991 synd-17
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          6229 Dec 21  1990 synd-2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         20068 Dec 21  1990 synd-20a
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         18740 Dec 21  1990 synd-20b
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         47975 Mar  9 13:52 synd-21
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         37628 Mar  9 13:53 synd-23
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         49182 Mar  9 13:53 synd-25
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          5458 Dec 21  1990 synd-3
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8166 Dec 21  1990 synd-4
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          8584 Dec 21  1990 synd-5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11428 Dec 21  1990 synd-6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149          9445 Dec 21  1990 synd-7
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11365 Dec 21  1990 synd-8
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         11970 Dec 21  1990 synd-9

cud/tap:
total 496
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149        239001 Mar  9  1991 tap-1

cud/wview:
total 700
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         32812 Jan 10 17:03 worldview-1.10
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         30380 Jul  5  1991 worldview-1.5
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         40310 Sep  7 20:27 worldview-1.6
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         26539 Sep 21 22:45 worldview-1.7
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         46112 Nov 10 17:37 worldview-1.9
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         48680 Mar  8 17:51 worldview-2.1
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         48568 Mar 12 03:06 worldview-2.2
-r--r--r--  1 brendan  149         38305 Apr  9 18:03 worldview-2.3
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         41419 May 18 13:46 worldview-2.4

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 92 09:18:27 CST
From: MackL <Mclaugh@psicom2.edu>
Subject: File 7--PC BBS Raided by FBI (reprint)

                 "PC Bulletin Board Hit by FBI Raid"
                     By Josh Hyatt (Boston Globe)
           From:   (Chicago Tribune, June 14. Sect 7, p 3)

BOSTON--In one of the first reported crackdowns of its kind, six FBI
agents raided a computer bulletin board based in a Millbury, Mass.,
home last week. Authorities said the bulletin board's operator had
been illegally distributing copyrighted software.

Executing a criminal search warrant, the agents seized several
computers, six modems and a program called PC Board, which was used to
run the bulletin board. Authorities also seized documents that listed
users of the service.

No arrests were made, according to the Software Publisher's
Association, a trade group that brought the case to the FBI's
attention. The association estimates that, as of March, the bulletin
board had distributed $675,000 worth of copyrighted software; software
pirates, it says, annually steal as much as $12 billion this way.

The FBI will not comment on the case except to confirm that a raid had
taken place and that the investigation is continuing. The alleged
operator of the bulletin board, Richard Kenadek, could not be reached
for comment.

Around the same time as the raid, the software association filed a
civil lawsuit against Kenadek, charging him with violating copyright
laws. Ilene Rosenthal, the group's director of litigation, said that
"the man had incriminated himself" through various computerized
messages.

"There's plenty of evidence to show that he was very aware of
everything on his bulletin board," she said.

Bulletin boards let personal computer users access a host computer via
modems. Typically, participants exchange information regarding
everything from computer programs to tropical fish.  They may also,
for example, obtain upgrades of computer programs.

The association said its own four-month investigation revealed that
this bulletin board, called Davy Jones Locker, contained copies of
more than 200 copyrighted programs.

Rosenthal said users also were encouraged to contribute copyrighted
software programs for others to download or copy.

According to Rosenthal, subscribers paid a fee, $49 for three months
or $99 for one year. She said Davy Jones Locker had nearly 400 paying
subscribers in 36 states and 11 foreign countries.

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End of Computer Underground Digest #4.26
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