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   Message 595 of 2,235   
   Kay Abendroth to Kevin Calder   
   Re: TCPA Is Probably Going to Control Ev   
   19 Nov 03 15:38:32   
   
   From: raxion@web.de   
      
   Kevin Calder wrote:   
   [...]   
   > Just think about it.   
      
   I find TCPA very threatening.   
      
   > Non TCPA data-havens situated in international waters, run by an   
   > underground computing community which will actually be the underdog again.   
      
   This sounds very cool, but who will do that and with which money?   
      
   > Sounds to me like the future will be more Gibson than the current state   
   > of affairs, seen as how GameCopyWorld and Kazza have been pwning the   
   > authorities for years now.   
      
   At least it will be the start of a real big gap between   
   trusted/controled and still free. BTW, I prefer second.   
      
   > Imagine if all Case had to do was wait for Fairlight to release the   
   > Wintermute crack.   
   [..]   
      
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