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Re: password-cracking by journalists...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Blaze)
Fri Jan 18 13:50:42 2002
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To: Nicholas Brawn <ncb@pobox.com>
Cc: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>,
Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>, cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: Message from Nicholas Brawn <ncb@pobox.com>
of "Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:08:14 +1100." <3AFE6B96-0BB8-11D6-9F8A-000393471DA8@pobox.com>
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 22:23:47 -0500
From: Matt Blaze <mab@research.att.com>
> > "17 USC 1204 (a) In General. - Any person who violates section 1201 or
> > 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private
> > financial gain -(1) shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned
> > for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense..."
> >
>
> Does this mean that if you are a private researcher, and
> reverse-engineered something for fun or the challenge, you escape the
> clutches of this law?
You may be able to escape the *criminal* clutches of this law.
But you might still be sued under 17 USC 1203, which provides for
seriously frightening statutory damages (as well as actual damages).
-matt
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